Connecticut House Bill HB05330 Latest Draft

                             
 
 
Substitute House Bill No. 5330 
 
Public Act No. 22-104 
 
 
AN ACT CONCERNING CANNABIS ADVERTISING AND THE 
DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER PROTECTION’S 
RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING VARIOUS REVISIONS TO THE 
CONSUMER PROTECTION STATUTES. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General 
Assembly convened: 
 
Section 1. Section 30-1 of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes 
is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 
passage): 
For the [interpretation] purposes of this chapter and section 2 of this 
act, unless the context indicates a different meaning: 
(1) "Airline" means any (A) United States airline carrier [,] holding a 
certificate of public convenience and necessity from the Civil 
Aeronautics Board under Section 401 of the Federal Aviation Act of 
1958, as amended from time to time, or [any] (B) foreign flag carrier [,] 
holding a permit under Section 402 of [such] said act. 
(2) "Alcohol" (A) means the product of distillation of any fermented 
liquid [,] that is rectified [either] at least once [or more often, whatever 
may be the] and regardless of such liquid's origin, [thereof,] and (B) 
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(3) ["Alcoholic liquor" or "alcoholic beverage" includes] "Alcoholic 
beverage" and "alcoholic liquor" include the four varieties of liquor 
defined in subdivisions (2), (5), [(18)] (21) and [(19)] (22) of this section 
(alcohol, beer, spirits and wine) and every liquid or solid, patented or 
[not] unpatented, containing alcohol, [spirits, wine or] beer, spirits or 
wine and at least one-half of one per cent alcohol by volume, and 
capable of being consumed by a human being [for] as a beverage. 
[purposes.] Any liquid or solid containing more than one of the four 
varieties so defined [is considered as belonging to that] belongs to the 
variety which has the [higher] highest percentage of alcohol [,] 
according to the following order: Alcohol, spirits, wine and beer, except 
as provided in subdivision [(19)] (22) of this section. [The provisions of 
this chapter shall not apply to any liquid or solid containing less than 
one-half of one per cent of alcohol by volume.] 
(4) "Backer" means, except in cases where the permittee is [himself] 
the proprietor, the proprietor of any business or club, incorporated or 
unincorporated, that is engaged in [the manufacture or sale of] 
manufacturing or selling alcoholic liquor [,] and in which business a 
permittee is associated, whether as an agent, employee [, agent] or part 
owner. 
(5) "Beer" means any beverage obtained by the alcoholic fermentation 
of [an infusion or decoction of barley, malt and hops] a decoction or 
infusion of barley, hops and malt in drinking water. 
(6) "Boat" means any vessel that is (A) operating on any waterway of 
this state, and (B) engaged in transporting passengers for hire to or from 
any port of this state. 
[(6) (A)] (7) "Case price" means the price of a container made of 
cardboard, wood or any other material [,] and containing units of the 
same [size and] class and size of alcoholic liquor. [, and (B) a] A case of 
alcoholic liquor, other than beer, cocktails, cordials, [cocktails, wines  Substitute House Bill No. 5330 
 
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and prepared mixed drinks] prepared mixed drinks and wines, shall be 
in the [number and] quantity and number, or fewer, with the permission 
of the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, of bottles or units [or 
bottles] as follows: [(i) Six] (A) Six one thousand seven hundred fifty 
milliliter bottles, [; (ii)] (B) six one thousand eight hundred milliliter 
bottles, (C) twelve seven hundred milliliter bottles, (D) twelve seven 
hundred twenty milliliter bottles, (E) twelve seven hundred fifty 
milliliter bottles, (F) twelve nine hundred milliliter bottles, (G) twelve 
one liter bottles, [; (iii) twelve seven hundred fifty milliliter bottles; (iv)] 
(H) twenty-four three hundred seventy-five milliliter bottles, [; (v)] (I) 
forty-eight two hundred milliliter bottles, [; (vi)] (J) sixty one hundred 
milliliter bottles, [; or (vii)] or (K) one hundred twenty fifty milliliter 
bottles, except a case of fifty milliliter bottles may be in a [number and] 
quantity and number as originally configured, packaged and sold by the 
manufacturer or out-of-state shipper prior to shipment [, provided such] 
if the number of such bottles [does not exceed] in such case is not greater 
than two hundred. The commissioner shall not authorize fewer 
quantities or numbers [or quantities of units or] of bottles or units as 
specified in this subdivision for any one person or entity more than eight 
times in any calendar year. For the purposes of this subdivision, "class" 
has the same meaning as [defined in] provided in 27 CFR 4.21 for wine, 
27 CFR 5.22 for spirits [, as defined in 27 CFR 4.21 for wine, and as 
defined in] and 27 CFR 7.24 for beer. 
[(7)] (8) "Charitable organization" means any nonprofit organization 
that (A) is organized for charitable purposes, [to which has been issued 
a ruling by] and (B) has received a ruling from the Internal Revenue 
Service classifying [it] such nonprofit organization as an exempt 
organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the 
United States, as amended from time to time. 
[(8)] (9) "Club" has the same meaning as provided in section 30-22aa.  Substitute House Bill No. 5330 
 
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[(9)] (10) "Coliseum" [means a coliseum, as defined] has the same 
meaning as provided in section 30-33a. 
[(10)] (11) "Commission" means the Liquor Control Commission 
established under this chapter. 
[(11)] (12) "Department" means the Department of Consumer 
Protection. 
(13) "Dining room" means any room or rooms (A) located in premises 
operating under (i) a hotel permit issued under section 30-21, (ii) a 
restaurant permit issued under subsection (a) of section 30-22, (iii) a 
restaurant permit for wine and beer issued under subsection (b) of 
section 30-22, or (iv) a cafe permit issued under section 30-22a, as 
amended by this act, and (B) where meals are customarily served to any 
member of the public who has means of payment and a pro per 
demeanor. 
[(12)] (14) "Mead" means fermented honey [,] (A) with or without 
additions or adjunct ingredients, [or additions,] and (B) regardless of (i) 
alcohol content, [regardless of process, and regardless of being 
sparkling, carbonated] (ii) process, and (iii) whether such honey is 
carbonated, sparkling or still. 
[(13)] (15) "Minor" means any person [under] who is younger than 
twenty-one years of age. 
(16) "Nonprofit club" has the same meaning as provided in section 
30-22aa. 
(17) "Nonprofit public television corporation" has the same meaning 
as provided in section 30-37d. 
[(14)] (18) (A) "Person" means [natural person, including partners but 
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companies or other associations of natural persons] an individual, 
including, but not limited to, a partner. 
(B) "Person" does not include a corporation, joint stock company, 
limited liability company or other association of individuals. 
[(15)] (19) (A) "Proprietor" includes all owners of [businesses or clubs, 
included in subdivision (4) of this section] a business or club, 
incorporated or unincorporated, that is engaged in manufacturing or 
selling alcoholic liquor, whether such owners are [individuals, partners, 
joint stock companies, fiduciaries] persons, fiduciaries, joint stock 
companies, stockholders of corporations or otherwise. [, but] 
(B) "Proprietor" does not include [persons or corporations who are 
merely creditors of such businesses or clubs, whether as note holders, 
bond holders, landlords or franchisors] any person who, or corporation 
that, is merely a creditor, whether as a bond holder, franchisor, landlord 
or note holder, of a business or club, incorporated or unincorporated, 
that is engaged in manufacturing or selling alcoholic liquor. 
[(16) "Dining room" means a room or rooms in premises operating 
under a hotel permit, hotel beer permit, restaurant permit, restaurant 
permit for beer or wine or cafe permit, where meals are customarily 
served, within the room or rooms, to any member of the public who has 
means of payment and proper demeanor.] 
[(17)] (20) "Restaurant" [means a restaurant, as defined] has the same 
meaning as provided in section 30-22, as amended by this act. 
[(18)] (21) "Spirits" means any beverage that contains alcohol 
obtained by distillation mixed with drinkable water and other 
substances in solution, including brandy, rum, whiskey and gin. 
[(19)] (22) "Wine" means any alcoholic beverage obtained by [the 
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apples, grapes [or apples] or other agricultural products, containing 
such sugar, including fortified wines such as port, sherry and 
champagne. 
[(20) "Nonprofit public television corporation" means a nonprofit 
public television corporation, as defined in section 30-37d. 
(21) "Nonprofit club" has the same meaning as provided in section 
30-22aa.] 
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) For the purposes of this 
section: 
(1) "Religious organization" means (A) any religious corporation, 
society or organization that is formed or recognized under chapter 598 
of the general statutes, or (B) any religious organization that is eligible 
for an exemption under section 12-412 of the general statutes; and 
(2) "Sacramental wine" means any wine that is (A) exclusively used 
for religious or sacramental purposes, and (B) exempt from taxation 
under regulations adopted by the Commissioner of Revenue Services 
pursuant to section 12-449 of the general statutes. 
(b) A religious wine retailer permit shall allow the holder of such 
permit to import and sell, at retail, sacramental wine to religious 
organizations. Such sacramental wine shall not be consumed on the 
permit premises and any sale of such sacramental wine shall only take 
place during the hours a religious wine retailer may sell alcoholic liquor 
under subsection (d) of section 30-91 of the general statutes, as amended 
by this act. The holder of a religious wine retailer permit issued under 
this section shall operate at least one retail location in this state, be 
primarily engaged in the business of selling religious supplies that do 
not contain alcohol and not hold any other permit issued under chapter 
545 of the general statutes. The annual fee for a religious wine retailer 
permit issued under this section shall be two hundred fifty dollars.  Substitute House Bill No. 5330 
 
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(c) The holder of a religious wine retailer permit issued under this 
section may purchase sacramental wine directly from a manufacturer, 
out-of-state shipper or wholesaler. All shipments of sacramental wine 
to the holder of a religious wine retailer permit issued under this section 
shall be conspicuously labeled "for sacramental or religious purposes 
only". If the holder of a religious wine retailer permit issued under this 
section imports into this state a supply of any brand of sacramental wine 
directly from a manufacturer or out-of-state shipper, such brand need 
not comply with the provisions of sections 30-63 and 30-64 of the general 
statutes for such directly imported supply. 
Sec. 3. Subsections (a) to (c), inclusive, of section 30-19f of the 2022 
supplement to the general statutes are repealed and the following is 
substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 
(a) An in-state transporter's permit for alcoholic liquor shall allow the 
commercial transportation of any alcoholic liquor and, with the 
approval of the [department, the sale or provision] Department of 
Consumer Protection, the provision or sale of alcoholic liquor for 
consumption in a boat engaged in the transportation of passengers for 
hire [and in] or a motor vehicle in livery service, as permitted by law. 
One permit shall cover all such boats [and] or vehicles that are under 
common control, direction, management or ownership. When applying 
for such approval, the owner of any such boat [and] or vehicle in which 
the sale or consumption of alcoholic liquor will be available shall 
specifically identify to the department each such boat [and] or vehicle. 
[to the department.] The annual fee for an in-state transporter's liquor 
permit shall be one thousand two hundred fifty dollars for the first boat 
or vehicle and [there shall be] an additional annual fee of two hundred 
dollars for each additional boat or vehicle. 
(b) No person, corporation, [trust, partnership, incorporated or 
unincorporated association, and any] incorporated or unincorporated 
association, partnership, trust or other legal entity except [: (1) The] the  Substitute House Bill No. 5330 
 
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holder of an out-of-state shipper's permit issued [pursuant to] under 
section 30-18 or 30-19, [; (2) the holder of] a manufacturer's permit issued 
[pursuant to] under section 30-16, other than [the holder of] a 
manufacturer permit for a farm winery or a manufacturer permit for 
wine, cider and mead, [; and (3) the holder of] or a wholesaler's permit 
issued [pursuant to] under section 30-17, shall transport any alcoholic 
beverages imported into this state unless such person: [holds] (1) Holds 
an in-state transporter's permit; [and] (2) the tax imposed on such 
alcoholic liquor [by] under section 12-435 has been paid; and [,] (3) if 
applicable, the tax imposed on the sale of such alcoholic liquor 
[pursuant to] under chapter 219 has been paid. 
(c) An in-state transporter, when [shipping or] delivering or shipping 
directly to a consumer in this state wine, cider or mead, [directly to a 
consumer in this state,] shall: (1) Ensure that the shipping labels on all 
containers of such products shipped directly to a consumer in this state 
conspicuously state the following: "CONTAINS ALCOHOL —
SIGNATURE OF A PERSON AGE 21 OR OLDER REQUIRED FOR 
DELIVERY"; (2) obtain the signature of a person [age twenty-one or 
older] who is at least twenty-one years of age at the address prior to 
delivery, after requiring the signer to demonstrate that [he or she is age 
twenty-one or older] the signer is at least twenty-one years of age by 
providing a valid motor vehicle operator's license or a valid identity 
card described in section 1-1h; and (3) not ship to any address in the 
state where the sale of alcoholic liquor is prohibited by local option 
pursuant to section 30-9. 
Sec. 4. Section 30-20 of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes is 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 
passage): 
(a) For the purposes of this section, "grocery store" (1) means any 
store that (A) is commonly known as a delicatessen, food store, grocery 
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various canned goods and dry goods such as coffee, flour, spices, sugar 
and tea, whether packaged or in bulk, regardless of whether such store 
sells fresh fruits and vegetables or fresh, prepared or smoked fish, meat 
and poultry, and (2) does not include any store that is primarily engaged 
in the retail sale of bakery products, candy, nuts and confectioneries, 
dairy products, eggs and poultry, fruits and vegetables or seafood. 
[(a)] (b) (1) A package store permit shall allow the retail sale of 
alcoholic liquor in sealed bottles or containers not to be consumed on 
the permit premises. [, such sales to be made only in sealed bottles or 
other containers.] The holder of a package store permit may, in 
accordance with regulations adopted by the Department of Consumer 
Protection pursuant to the provisions of chapter 54, (A) offer free 
samples of alcoholic liquor for tasting on the permit premises, (B) 
conduct fee-based wine education and tasting classes and 
demonstrations, and (C) conduct tastings or demonstrations provided 
by a permittee or backer of [a] the package store for a nominal charge to 
charitable nonprofit organizations. Any offering, tasting, wine 
education and tasting class or demonstration held on permit premises 
shall be conducted only during the hours [a] the package store [is 
permitted to] may sell alcoholic liquor under section 30-91, as amended 
by this act. No tasting of wine on the permit premises shall be offered 
from more than ten uncorked bottles at any one time. 
(2) No store operating under a package store permit shall sell any 
commodity other than alcoholic liquor except, [that,] notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, such store may sell [(1)] (A) cigarettes and 
cigars, [(2)] (B) publications, [(3)] (C) bar utensils, [which shall include, 
but need not be] including, but not limited to, corkscrews, beverage 
strainers, stirrers or other similar items used to consume, or related to 
the consumption of, alcoholic liquor, [(4)] (D) gift packages of alcoholic 
liquor shipped into the state by a manufacturer or out-of-state shipper, 
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package that may be any item, except food or tobacco products, 
provided the] items, other than food or tobacco products, if the dollar 
value of the nonalcoholic items in such gift package does not exceed the 
dollar value of the alcoholic items [of the] in such gift package, [(5)] (E) 
complementary fresh fruits used in the preparation of mixed alcoholic 
beverages, [(6)] (F) cheese, [or] crackers [,] or both, [(7)] (G) olives, [(8)] 
(H) nonalcoholic beverages, [(9)] (I) concentrates used in the preparation 
of mixed alcoholic beverages, [(10)] (J) beer and wine-making kits and 
products related to [beer and wine-making] such kits, [(11)] (K) ice in 
any form, [(12)] (L) articles of clothing imprinted with advertising 
related to the alcoholic liquor industry, [(13)] (M) gift baskets or other 
containers of alcoholic liquor, [(14)] (N) multiple packages of alcoholic 
liquors, [as defined in subdivision (3) of section 30-1,] provided in all 
such cases the minimum retail selling price for such alcoholic liquor 
shall apply, [(15)] (O) lottery tickets authorized by the Department of 
Consumer Protection, if licensed as an agent to sell such tickets by [said] 
the department, [(16)] (P) devices and related accessories designed 
primarily for accessing and extracting a beverage containing alcohol 
from prepackaged containers, including, but not limited to, pods, 
pouches or similar containers, but excluding devices, including, but not 
limited to, household blenders, that are not designed primarily for such 
purposes, [including, but not limited to, household blenders, (17)] (Q) 
alcohol-infused confections containing not more than one-half of one 
per cent of alcohol by weight and which the commissioner has approved 
for sale [by the commissioner] under section 21a-101, and [(18)] (R) gift 
baskets containing only containers of alcoholic liquor and commodities 
authorized for sale under [subdivisions (1) to (17), inclusive, of this 
subsection] subparagraphs (A) to (Q), inclusive, of this subdivision. A 
package store permit shall also allow the taking and transmitting of 
orders for delivery of such merchandise in other states. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a package store permit 
shall allow the participation in any lottery ticket promotion or giveaway 
sponsored by the [Department of Consumer Protection] department.  Substitute House Bill No. 5330 
 
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The annual fee for a package store permit shall be five hundred thirty-
five dollars. 
[(b)] (c) A grocery store beer permit may be granted to any grocery 
store and shall allow the retail sale of beer in standard size containers 
not to be consumed on the permit premises. [A] The holder of a grocery 
store beer permit shall post, in a prominent location adjacent to the beer 
display, the retail price for each brand of beer and [said] such retail price 
shall include all applicable federal and state taxes, including, but not 
limited to, the applicable state sales taxes. The annual fee for a grocery 
store beer permit shall be one hundred seventy dollars, [. For a] or, for a 
grocery store that has annual sales of food and grocery items of [not less 
than] at least two million dollars, [the annual fee for a grocery store beer 
permit shall be] one thousand five hundred dollars. 
[(c) "Grocery store" means any store commonly known as a 
supermarket, food store, grocery store or delicatessen, primarily 
engaged in the retail sale of all sorts of canned goods and dry goods 
such as tea, coffee, spices, sugar and flour, either packaged or in bulk, 
with or without fresh fruits and vegetables, and with or without fresh, 
smoked and prepared meats, fish and poultry, except that no store 
primarily engaged in the retail sale of seafood, fruits and vegetables, 
candy, nuts and confectioneries, dairy products, bakery products or 
eggs and poultry shall be included in the definition of "grocery store".] 
(d) The holder of a package store permit or a grocery store beer 
permit issued under this section may allow curbside pick-up of 
previously purchased alcoholic liquor by (1) the consumer who 
purchased such alcoholic liquor, or (2) the holder of an in-state 
transporter's permit issued under section 30-19f, as amended by this act, 
or such holder's agent. Such curbside pick-up shall be limited to the 
space immediately adjacent to, or in a parking lot abutting, the permit 
premises. The holder of such package store permit or grocery store beer 
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package store or grocery store is allowed to sell alcoholic liquor under 
subsection (d) of section 30-91, as amended by this act, unless a more 
restrictive municipal ordinance limits such curbside pick-up hours. 
Sec. 5. Section 30-46 of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes is 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 
passage): 
(a) The Department of Consumer Protection may, except as to a store 
engaged chiefly in the sale of groceries, in its discretion, suspend, revoke 
or refuse to grant or renew a permit for the sale of alcoholic liquor if [it] 
the department has reasonable cause to believe [:] that (1) [That] the 
proximity of the permit premises [will have a detrimental effect upon 
any church] to any charitable institution supported by private or public 
funds, church, convent, hospital, public or parochial school, [convent, 
charitable institution, whether supported by private or public funds, 
hospital] or veterans' home, or any [camp,] barracks, camp or flying 
field of the armed forces, [; (2) that such location] will detrimentally 
impact such institution, church, convent, hospital, school, home, 
barracks, camp or field, (2) the permit premises is in such proximity to 
a no-permit town so that it is apparent that the applicant is seeking to 
obtain the patronage of [such] persons in such town, [;] (3) [that] the 
number of permit premises in the locality is such that [the] granting [of] 
a permit is detrimental to the public interest, and, in reaching a 
conclusion in this respect, the department may consider the character 
[of, the] and population of, and the number of like permits and [number 
of] all permits existent in, the particular town and the immediate 
neighborhood concerned [,] and the effect which a new permit may have 
on such town or neighborhood or on like permits existent in such town 
or neighborhood, [;] (4) [that] the place has been conducted as a lewd or 
disorderly establishment, [;] (5) [that] the backer does not have a right 
to occupy the permit premises, [;] (6) [that] drive-up sales of alcoholic 
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section 30-20, as amended by this act, are being made at the permit 
premises, [;] or (7) [that] there is any other reason as provided by state 
or federal law or regulation which warrants such refusal. 
(b) (1) The existence of a coliseum permit issued under section 30-33a 
shall not be a factor to be taken into consideration under subdivision (3) 
of subsection (a) of this section. 
(2) The provisions of subdivisions (1), (2) and (3) of subsection (a) of 
this section shall not apply to [the granting] issuance of a coliseum 
permit under section 30-33a. 
Sec. 6. Section 30-51a of the general statutes is repealed and the 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 
Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (6) of section 30-47 
and section 30-51, a permittee of premises operating under a grocery 
store beer permit issued under subsection (c) of section 30-20, as 
amended by this act, may lease up to fifty per cent of the total square 
footage of the premises to any person for lawful purposes. The 
Department of Consumer Protection shall not issue a permit allowing 
the sale or consumption of alcoholic liquor on any such leased premises, 
and the sale or consumption of alcoholic liquor [, as defined in 
subdivision (3) of section 30-1,] shall be unlawful on any such leased 
premises. 
Sec. 7. Subsection (c) of section 30-74 of the general statutes is 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 
passage): 
(c) No permittee or backer who is authorized under this chapter to 
sell alcoholic liquor at retail for consumption off the permit premises, 
and no agent or employee of such permittee or backer, may sell or 
deliver such alcoholic liquor from a drive-up window or similar exterior 
wall opening except as part of a curbside pick-up authorized under  Substitute House Bill No. 5330 
 
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subsection (d) of section 30-20, as amended by this act. 
Sec. 8. Section 30-22a of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes 
is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 
passage): 
(a) A cafe permit shall allow the retail sale of alcoholic liquor to be 
consumed on the premises of a cafe. The holder of a cafe permit shall 
keep food available for sale to its customers for consumption on the 
premises during [a] the majority of the hours such premises are open. 
The availability of food from outside vendors located on or near the 
premises, who may directly deliver such food or indirectly deliver such 
food through a third party, shall be deemed compliance with such 
requirement. The licensed premises shall at all times comply with all the 
regulations of the local department of health. Nothing herein shall be 
construed to require that any food be sold or purchased with any 
alcoholic liquor, nor shall any rule, regulation or standard be 
promulgated or enforced [requiring that the sale] to require that sales of 
food be substantial or that the [receipts of the business other than from 
the sale of] business's receipts from sales of alcoholic liquor equal any 
set percentage of total receipts from all sales made [therein] on the 
licensed premises. A cafe permit shall allow, with the prior approval of 
the Department of Consumer Protection, alcoholic liquor to be served at 
tables in outside areas that are screened or not screened from public 
view where permitted by fire, zoning and health regulations. If not 
required by fire, zoning or health regulations, a fence or wall enclosing 
such outside areas shall not be required by the Department of Consumer 
Protection. No fence or wall used to enclose such outside areas shall be 
less than thirty inches high. Such permit shall also authorize the sale at 
retail from the premises of sealed containers, supplied by the permittee, 
of draught beer for consumption off the premises. Such sales shall be 
conducted only during the hours a package store is permitted to sell 
alcoholic liquor under the provisions of subsection (d) of section 30-91,  Substitute House Bill No. 5330 
 
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as amended by this act. Not more than four liters of such beer shall be 
sold to any person on any day on which the sale of alcoholic liquor is 
authorized under the provisions of subsection (d) of section 30-91, as 
amended by this act. The annual fee for a cafe permit shall be two 
thousand dollars, except the annual fee for a cafe permit for a prior 
holder of a tavern permit issued [pursuant to] under section 30-26 shall 
be eight hundred dollars for the first year, twelve hundred dollars for 
the second year, one thousand six hundred dollars for the third year and 
two thousand dollars for each year thereafter. 
(b) (1) A cafe patron may remove one unsealed bottle of wine for off-
premises consumption, provided the patron has purchased a full course 
meal and consumed a portion of the wine with such meal on the cafe 
premises. For purposes of this section, "full course meal" means a 
diversified selection of food which (A) ordinarily cannot be consumed 
without the use of tableware, and [which] (B) cannot be conveniently 
consumed while standing or walking. 
(2) A partially consumed bottle of wine that is to be removed from 
the premises [pursuant to] under this subsection shall be securely sealed 
and placed in a bag by the permittee or the permittee's agent or 
employee prior to removal from the premises. 
(c) As used in this section, "cafe" means space in a suitable and 
permanent building, vessel or structure, kept, used, maintained, 
advertised and held out to the public to be a place where alcoholic liquor 
and food is served for sale at retail for consumption on the premises but 
which does not necessarily serve hot meals; it shall have no sleeping 
accommodations for the public and need not necessarily have a kitchen 
or dining room but shall have employed therein at all times an adequate 
number of employees. 
(d) For purposes of compliance with this section, "cafe" [shall include] 
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terminal complex of any airport, as defined in section 15-34, or any 
location adjacent to and attached by common partition to [said] such 
complex, which is open to the public [and] or to airline club members or 
their guests, with or without the sale of food, for consumption on the 
premises. 
(e) For purposes of compliance with this section, "cafe" [shall include] 
includes all of the land and buildings in which the principal business 
conducted is racing or jai alai exhibitions, with pari-mutuel betting 
licensed by the Department of Consumer Protection. 
(f) For purposes of compliance with this section, "cafe" [shall include] 
includes any commercial bowling establishment containing ten or more 
lanes, or any commercial racquetball or tennis facility containing five or 
more courts, with or without food, for consumption on the premises. 
(g) For purposes of compliance with this section, "cafe" [shall include] 
includes the premises and grounds of a golf country club, defined as: (1) 
[an] An association of persons, whether incorporated or 
unincorporated, that has been in existence as a bona fide organization 
for at least one year prior to applying for a permit issued as provided by 
this chapter, or that at the time of applying for the permit is in existence 
as a bona fide organization and has not less than twenty members who 
have paid annual membership fees or dues and have signed affidavits 
of their intention to remain members of the association for not less than 
one year after that time, not including associations organized for any 
commercial or business purpose the object of which is money profit, 
which maintains a golf course of not less than eighteen holes and a 
course length of at least fifty-five hundred yards and a club house with 
facilities that include locker rooms, a dining room and a lounge; 
provided the club shall file with the department, upon request, within 
ten days of February first in each year, a list of the names and residences 
of its members, and shall similarly file, within ten days of the election of 
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aggregate annual membership fees or dues and other income, exclusive 
of any proceeds of the sale of alcoholic liquor, shall be sufficient to 
defray the annual rental of its leased or rented premises, or, if the 
premises are owned by the club, shall be sufficient to meet the taxes, 
insurance and repairs and the interest on any mortgage thereof; and 
provided, further, its affairs and management shall be conducted by a 
board of directors, executive committee or similar body chosen by the 
members at their annual meeting, and no member or any officer, agent 
or employee of the club shall be paid or, directly or indirectly, shall 
receive in the form of salary or other compensation any profits from the 
disposition or sale of alcoholic liquor to the club or to the members of 
the club or its guests introduced by members, beyond the amount of 
such salary as may be fixed and voted at annual meetings by the 
members or by its directors or other governing body and as reported by 
the club to the department, within three months after the annual 
meeting, and as is, in the judgment of the department, reasonable and 
proper compensation for the services of such member, officer, agent or 
employee; or (2) an association of persons, whether incorporated or 
unincorporated, which has been in existence as a bona fide organization 
for at least one year prior to applying for a permit issued as provided by 
this chapter, or which at the time of applying for the permit is in 
existence as a bona fide organization and has not less than twenty 
members who have paid annual membership fees or dues and is directly 
or indirectly wholly owned by a corporation which is and continues to 
be nonprofit and to which the Internal Revenue Service has issued a 
ruling classifying it as an exempt organization under Section 501(c) of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding 
internal revenue code of the United States, as amended from time to 
time, which maintains a golf course of not less than eighteen holes and 
a course length of at least fifty-five hundred yards and a club house with 
facilities which include locker rooms, a dining room and a lounge; 
provided the club shall file with the department, upon request, within 
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of its members, and shall similarly file, within ten days of the admission 
of any additional member, his name and address. The nonprofit 
corporation shall demonstrate to the commission an ability to pay any 
operating deficit of the golf country club, exclusive of any proceeds of 
the sale of alcoholic liquor; and provided, further, the affairs and the 
management of the nonprofit corporation are conducted by a board of 
directors, executive committee or similar body at least forty per cent of 
the members of which are chosen by the members of the nonprofit 
corporation at their annual meeting and the balance of the members of 
the board of directors are professionals chosen for their knowledge of 
the business of the nonprofit corporation, and all moneys earned by the 
golf country club shall be used to defray its expenses of operation or for 
charitable purposes, and any balance shall be directly or indirectly 
remitted to the nonprofit corporation. 
[(h) For purposes of compliance with this section, "cafe" shall include 
the sale and public consumption of alcoholic liquor by passengers with 
or without meals upon any one designated boat engaged in the 
transportation of passengers for hire to or from any port in this state.] 
[(i)] (h) For purposes of compliance with this section, "cafe" [shall 
include] includes any corporation that operates a railway in this state or 
that operates club, parlor, dining, buffet or lounge cars upon the lines of 
any such railway in this state. It shall allow the sale and public 
consumption of alcoholic liquor in any club, parlor, dining, buffet or 
lounge car of a passenger train operated in this state. It shall be subject 
to all the privileges, obligations and penalties provided for in this 
chapter except that it shall be issued to a corporation instead of to a 
person and, if it is revoked, another application may be made by the 
corporation for the issuance of another railroad permit at any time after 
the expiration of one year after such revocation. 
[(j)] (i) For purposes of compliance with this section, "cafe" [shall 
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and private parties, sporting events, concerts, exhibitions, trade shows, 
entertainment presentations, conventions, banquets, meetings, dances, 
fund-raising events and similar functions, located on a tract of land of 
not less than twenty acres containing an enclosed roofed pavilion 
constructed to seat not less than two hundred fifty people, where hot 
meals are regularly served in an adequate and sanitary dining area, such 
meals having been prepared in an adequate and sanitary kitchen on the 
premises, and employing an adequate number of employees who shall 
serve only persons who are at such outing facility to attend an event, 
function, private party or banquet. 
[(k)] (j) For purposes of compliance with this section, "cafe" includes: 
(1) A room or building that is subject to the care, custody and control of 
The University of Connecticut Board of Trustees; (2) land and buildings 
which are subject to the care, custody and control of an institution 
offering a program of higher learning, as defined in section 10a-34, 
which has been accredited by the Board of Regents for Higher Education 
or Office of Higher Education or otherwise is authorized to award a 
degree pursuant to section 10a-34; or (3) on land or in a building situated 
on or abutting a golf course which is subject to the care, custody and 
control of an institution offering a program of higher learning, as 
defined in section 10a-34, which has been accredited by the Board of 
Regents for Higher Education or Office of Higher Education or 
otherwise is authorized to award a degree pursuant to section 10a-34. 
Sec. 9. Section 30-12 of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes is 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 
passage): 
When any town has so voted upon the question of liquor permits, any 
liquor permit granted in such town which is not in accordance with such 
vote shall be void except manufacturer permits and cafe permits issued 
[pursuant to] under subsections (g) and [(k)] (h) of section 30-22a, as 
amended by this act.  Substitute House Bill No. 5330 
 
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Sec. 10. Subsection (a) of section 30-14 of the 2022 supplement to the 
general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 
thereof (Effective from passage): 
(a) [A] Each permit shall be a purely personal privilege that [expires 
annually, except a permit issued under sections 30-25, 30-35, 30-37b, 30-
37d, 30-37g and 30-37h, and] is revocable in the discretion of the 
Department of Consumer Protection, and subject to appeal, as provided 
in section 30-55. [A] Except as otherwise provided in the general 
statutes, including, but not limited to, sections 30-25, as amended by this 
act, 30-35, 30-37b, 30-37d, 30-37g and 30-37h, each permit shall expire 
annually. No permit shall [not] constitute property, [nor shall it] be 
subject to attachment and execution [, nor shall it] or be alienable, except 
[that it] a permit shall descend to the estate of a deceased permittee by 
the laws of testate or intestate succession. An airline permit issued under 
section 30-28a or a cafe permit issued [pursuant to] under subsection 
[(k)] (h) of section 30-22a, as amended by this act, shall be granted to the 
airline corporation or railway corporation and not to any person, and 
the corporation shall be the permittee. 
Sec. 11. Section 30-16b of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes 
is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 
passage): 
(a) [From June 4, 2021, until three years after June 4, 2021] During the 
period beginning June 4, 2021, and ending June 5, 2024, the holder of a 
permit issued [pursuant to] under section 30-16, 30-21 or 30-22, as 
amended by this act, [or] subsection [(a), (g), (h) or (i)] (c) or (g) of section 
30-22a, as amended by this act, or section 30-22aa may sell for off-
premises consumption sealed containers of all [such] alcoholic liquor 
such permit holder is allowed to sell for on-premises consumption, 
subject to the requirements of this section and consistent with all local 
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(b) Any alcoholic liquor sold for off-premises consumption [pursuant 
to] under this section shall be accompanied by food prepared on the 
permit premises for off-premises consumption. 
(c) Alcoholic liquor sold for off-premises consumption [pursuant to] 
under this section may be sold in a container other than the 
manufacturer's original sealed container, unless sold by a permittee 
under section 30-16. All such alcoholic liquor [sold for off-premises 
consumption] shall be given to a consumer in a securely sealed 
container that prevents consumption without the removal of a tamper-
evident lid, cap or seal. A securely sealed container does not include a 
container with a lid with sipping holes or openings for straws. Each 
securely sealed container shall be placed in a bag by the permittee's 
agent or employee prior to removal from the permit premises. 
(d) If a permittee is delivering alcoholic liquor and food, such 
delivery shall be made only by a direct employee of the permittee and 
not by a third-party vendor or entity, unless such third-party vendor or 
entity holds an in-state transporter's permit issued under section 30-19f, 
as amended by this act. 
(e) The sale of alcoholic liquor for off-premises consumption 
[pursuant to] under this section shall: (1) [be] Be conducted only during 
the hours a package store is permitted to sell alcoholic liquor under the 
provisions of subsection (d) of section 30-91, as amended by this act; and 
(2) if such alcoholic liquor is sold by a permittee under section 30-21 or 
30-22, as amended by this act, subsection (c) or (g) of section 30-22a, as 
amended by this act, or section 30-22aa, comply with all applicable 
requirements of said sections and the limits imposed under subsection 
(g) of this section. 
(f) A sealed container of alcoholic liquor sold [pursuant to] under this 
section shall not be deemed an open container, provided the sealed 
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contents of the sealed container have not been partially removed. 
(g) The sale of alcoholic liquor for off-premises consumption 
[pursuant to] under this section by a permittee under section 30-21 or 
30-22, as amended by this act, subsection (c) or (g) of section 30-22a, as 
amended by this act, or section 30-22aa shall comply with the following 
limits for any one order, per customer: (1) One hundred ninety-six 
ounces [,] for beer; [,] (2) one liter [,] for spirits; [,] and (3) one and one-
half liters [,] for wine. 
(h) The provisions of this section shall not apply to the retail sale of 
any alcoholic liquor manufactured by a manufacturer permittee under 
section 30-16 on [its] the manufacturer's permit premises for off-
premises consumption, which shall be subject to the requirements of 
[said] section 30-16, including, but not limited to, the volume limits and 
hours of sale set forth in [said] section 30-16. 
Sec. 12. Subsection (b) of section 30-22c of the 2022 supplement to the 
general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 
thereof (Effective from passage): 
(b) The holder of a cafe permit issued [pursuant to] under subsection 
[(a)] (c) of section 30-22a, as amended by this act, may operate a juice bar 
or similar facility at a permit premises if the juice bar or similar facility 
is limited to a room or rooms or separate area within the permit 
premises wherein there is no sale, consumption, dispensing or presence 
of alcoholic liquor. 
Sec. 13. Section 30-23a of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes 
is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 
passage): 
No person shall be construed to be a guest of a member of a club 
[within the intent] for the purposes of section 30-22aa or of a golf 
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subsection (g) of section 30-22a, as amended by this act, until such 
person's name and address has been entered in the guest book 
maintained for such purposes on the club or golf country club premises, 
together with the signature of the member and the date of introduction, 
provided neither the permittee nor any person employed to dispense 
alcoholic beverages on such premises, during his working hours on such 
premises, shall enter such person's name in such book. The 
[requirement] provisions of this section: (1) [shall] Shall not apply to a 
member of any nationally chartered veterans' service organization when 
such member enters a club run by such organization that is not such 
member's home club, but is affiliated with the same organization, 
provided such member shall show a membership, travel card or similar 
identification as a member of such organization upon entry to such club; 
[,] and (2) may be waived by the Department of Consumer Protection 
on special occasions upon written application. 
Sec. 14. Section 30-24 of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes 
is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 
passage): 
Spouses of members of any club or golf country club which holds a 
permit under subsection (g) [or (h)] of section 30-22a, as amended by 
this act, or section 30-22aa may be allowed to participate in all of the 
privileges of such club or golf country club, by vote of such club's 
members, and shall not be considered guests for the purposes of the 
general statutes or provisions of the regulations of Connecticut state 
agencies adopted by the Department of Consumer Protection. 
Sec. 15. Section 30-24b of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes 
is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 
passage): 
Auxiliary members who are spouses of members or surviving 
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[subsections (g) to (i), inclusive,] subsection (g) of section 30-22a, as 
amended by this act, or section 30-22aa which holds a permit under the 
provisions of this chapter may be allowed to participate in all the 
privileges of such club, by vote of such [club] club's members, and shall 
not be considered guests for purposes of the general statutes or 
provisions of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies adopted by 
the Department of Consumer Protection. 
Sec. 16. Subsection (a) of section 30-25 of the 2022 supplement to the 
general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 
thereof (Effective from passage): 
(a) A special club permit shall allow the sale of alcoholic liquor by the 
drink, at retail, to be consumed at the grounds of an outdoor picnic 
conducted by a club or golf country club. Such permits shall be issued 
only to holders of cafe permits issued [pursuant to subsections (g) to (i), 
inclusive,] under subsection (g) of section 30-22a, [and] as amended by 
this act, and club permits issued under section 30-22aa, shall be issued 
on a daily basis subject to the hours of sale in section 30-91, as amended 
by this act, and shall be the same as provided therein for clubs and golf 
country clubs. The exception established in subsection (a) of section 30-
48, as amended by this act, that applies to boats operating under an in-
state transporter's permit issued under section 30-19f, as amended by 
this act, and cafe permits issued [pursuant to subsections (j) and (k)] 
under subsection (h) of section 30-22a, as amended by this act, [that is 
set forth in section 30-48] shall apply to such a special club permit. No 
such club or golf country club shall be granted more than four such 
special club permits during any one calendar year. 
Sec. 17. Subsection (b) of section 30-39 of the 2022 supplement to the 
general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 
thereof (Effective from passage): 
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permit shall make an affirmed application therefor to the Department of 
Consumer Protection, upon forms to be furnished by the department, 
showing the name and address of the applicant and of the applicant's 
backer, if any, the location of the club or place of business which is to be 
operated under such permit and a financial statement setting forth all 
elements and details of any business transactions connected with the 
application. Such application shall include a detailed description of the 
type of live entertainment that is to be provided. A club or place of 
business shall be exempt from providing such detailed description if the 
club or place of business (A) was issued a liquor permit prior to October 
1, 1993, and (B) has not altered the type of entertainment provided. The 
application shall also indicate any crimes of which the applicant or the 
applicant's backer may have been convicted. Applicants shall submit 
documents sufficient to establish that state and local building, fire and 
zoning requirements and local ordinances concerning hours and days 
of sale will be met, except that local building and zoning requirements 
and local ordinances concerning hours and days of sale shall not apply 
to a cafe permit issued [pursuant to] under subsection (d) or (h) of 
section 30-22a, as amended by this act. The State Fire Marshal or the 
marshal's certified designee shall be responsible for approving 
compliance with the State Fire Code at Bradley International Airport. 
Any person desiring a permit provided for in section 30-33b shall file a 
copy of such person's license with such application if such license was 
issued by the Department of Consumer Protection. The department 
may, at its discretion, conduct an investigation to determine whether a 
permit shall be issued to an applicant. 
(2) The applicant shall pay to the department a nonrefundable 
application fee, which fee shall be in addition to the fees prescribed in 
this chapter for the permit sought. An application fee shall not be 
charged for an application to renew a permit. The application fee shall 
be in the amount of ten dollars for the filing of each application for a 
permit by a charitable organization under section 30-37b, including a  Substitute House Bill No. 5330 
 
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nonprofit public television corporation under section 30-37d, a 
nonprofit golf tournament permit under section 30-37g, a temporary 
permit under section 30-35 or a special club permit [; and for all other 
permits] under section 30-25, as amended by this act; and in the amount 
of one hundred dollars for the filing of an initial application for all other 
permits. Any permit issued shall be valid only for the purposes and 
activities described in the application. 
(3) The applicant, immediately after filing an application, shall give 
notice thereof, with the name and residence of the permittee, the type of 
permit applied for and the location of the place of business for which 
such permit is to be issued and the type of live entertainment to be 
provided, all in a form prescribed by the department, by publishing the 
same in a newspaper having a circulation in the town in which the place 
of business to be operated under such permit is to be located, at least 
once a week for two successive weeks, the first publication to be not 
more than seven days after the filing date of the application and the last 
publication not more than fourteen days after the filing date of the 
application. The applicant shall affix, and maintain in a legible condition 
upon the outer door of the building wherein such place of business is to 
be located and clearly visible from the public highway, the placard 
provided by the department, not later than the day following the receipt 
of the placard by the applicant. If such outer door of such premises is so 
far from the public highway that such placard is not clearly visible as 
provided, the department shall direct a suitable method to notify the 
public of such application. When an application is filed for any type of 
permit for a building that has not been constructed, such applicant shall 
erect and maintain in a legible condition a sign not less than six feet by 
four feet upon the site where such place of business is to be located, 
instead of such placard upon the outer door of the building. The sign 
shall set forth the type of permit applied for and the name of the 
proposed permittee, shall be clearly visible from the public highway and 
shall be so erected not later than the day following the receipt of the  Substitute House Bill No. 5330 
 
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placard. Such applicant shall make a return to the department, under 
oath, of compliance with the foregoing requirements, in such form as 
the department may determine, but the department may require any 
additional proof of such compliance. Upon receipt of evidence of such 
compliance, the department may hold a hearing as to the suitability of 
the proposed location. The provisions of this subdivision shall not apply 
to applications for (A) airline permits issued under section 30-28a, (B) 
charitable organization permits issued under section 30-37b, (C) 
temporary permits issued under section 30-35, (D) special club permits 
issued under section 30-25, as amended by this act, (E) concession 
permits issued under section 30-33, (F) military permits issued under 
section 30-34, (G) cafe permits issued [pursuant to] under subsection [(j) 
or (k)] (h) of section 30-22a, as amended by this act, (H) warehouse 
permits issued under section 30-32, (I) [brokers'] broker's permits issued 
under section 30-30, (J) out-of-state [shippers'] shipper's permits for 
alcoholic liquor [and] issued under section 30-18, (K) out-of-state 
[shippers'] shipper's permits for beer [, (K)] issued under section 30-19, 
(L) coliseum permits [, (L)] issued under section 30-33a, (M) nonprofit 
golf tournament permits [, (M)] issued under section 30-37g, (N) 
nonprofit public television corporation permits [, (N)] issued under 
section 30-37d, (O) Connecticut craft cafe permits [by] issued under 
section 30-22d, as amended by this act, to permittees who held a 
manufacturer permit for a brew pub or a manufacturer permit for a beer 
and brew pub [prior to] before July 1, 2020, [and (O)] (P) off-site farm 
winery sales and wine, cider and mead tasting permits issued under 
section 30-16a, (Q) out-of-state retailer shipper's permits for wine issued 
under section 30-18a, (R) out-of-state winery shipper's permits for wine 
issued under section 30-18a, (S) in-state transporter's permits for 
alcoholic liquor issued under section 30-19f, as amended by this act, 
including, but not limited to, boats operating under such permits, (T) 
seasonal outdoor open-air permits issued under section 30-22e, as 
amended by this act, and (U) renewals of any [such permits] permit 
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applicable. The provisions of this subdivision regarding publication and 
placard display shall also be required of any applicant who seeks to 
amend the type of entertainment either upon filing of a renewal 
application or upon requesting permission of the department in a form 
that requires the approval of the municipal zoning official. 
(4) In any case in which a permit has been issued to a partnership, if 
one or more of the partners dies or retires, the remaining partner or 
partners need not file a new application for the unexpired portion of the 
current permit, and no additional fee for such unexpired portion shall 
be required. Notice of any such change shall be given to the department 
and the permit shall be endorsed to show correct ownership. When any 
partnership changes by reason of the addition of one or more persons, a 
new application with new fees shall be required. 
Sec. 18. Section 30-45 of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes 
is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 
passage): 
The Department of Consumer Protection shall refuse permits for the 
sale of alcoholic liquor to the following persons: (1) Any state marshal, 
judicial marshal, judge of any court, prosecuting officer or member of 
any police force; [, (2) a minor, and] (2) any minor; (3) any constable who 
(A) performs criminal law enforcement duties and is considered a peace 
officer by town ordinance pursuant to the provisions of subsection (a) 
of section 54-1f, [any constable who] or (B) is certified under the 
provisions of sections 7-294a to 7-294e, inclusive, [who] and performs 
criminal law enforcement duties pursuant to the provisions of 
subsection (c) of section 54-1f; [, or] and (4) any special constable 
appointed pursuant to section 7-92. This section shall not apply to any 
out-of-state [shippers' permits, cafe permits issued pursuant to 
subsection (j) of section 30-22a and airline permits] shipper's permit 
issued under section 30-18, 30-18a or 30-19, any cafe permit issued under 
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state transporter's permit issued under section 30-19f, as amended by 
this act, or any airline permit issued under section 30-28a. As used in 
this section, "minor" means a minor, as defined in section 1-1d or as 
defined in section 30-1, as amended by this act, whichever age is older. 
Sec. 19. Subsection (a) of section 30-48 of the 2022 supplement to the 
general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 
thereof (Effective from passage): 
(a) No backer or permittee of one permit class shall be a backer or 
permittee of any other permit class except in the case of airline permits 
issued under section 30-28a, boats operating under in-state transporter's 
permits issued under section 30-19f, as amended by this act, and cafe 
permits issued [pursuant to subsection (d), (j) or (k)] under subsections 
(d) and (h) of section 30-22a, as amended by this act, [and] except that: 
(1) A backer of a hotel permit issued under section 30-21 or a restaurant 
permit issued under section 30-22, as amended by this act, may be a 
backer of both such classes; (2) a holder or backer of a restaurant permit 
issued under section 30-22, as amended by this act, or a cafe permit 
issued [pursuant to] under subsection (a) of section 30-22a, as amended 
by this act, may be a holder or backer of any other or all of such classes; 
(3) a holder or backer of a restaurant permit issued under section 30-22, 
as amended by this act, may be a holder or backer of a cafe permit issued 
[pursuant to] under subsection (f) of section 30-22a, as amended by this 
act; (4) a backer of a restaurant permit issued under section 30-22, as 
amended by this act, may be a backer of a coliseum permit issued under 
section 30-33a when such restaurant is within a coliseum; (5) a backer of 
a hotel permit issued under section 30-21 may be a backer of a coliseum 
permit issued under section 30-33a; (6) a backer of a grocery store beer 
permit issued under subsection (c) of section 30-20, as amended by this 
act, may be (A) a backer of a package store permit issued under 
subsection (b) of section 30-20, as amended by this act, if such was the 
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issued under section 30-22, as amended by this act, provided the 
restaurant permit premises do not abut or share the same space as the 
grocery store beer permit premises; (7) a backer of a cafe permit issued 
[pursuant to] under subsection [(m)] (j) of section 30-22a, as amended 
by this act, may be a backer of a nonprofit theater permit issued under 
section 30-35a; (8) a backer of a nonprofit theater permit issued under 
section 30-35a may be a holder or backer of a hotel permit issued under 
section 30-21 or a coliseum permit issued under section 30-33a; (9) a 
backer of a concession permit issued under section 30-33 may be a 
backer of a coliseum permit issued under section 30-33a; (10) a holder of 
an out-of-state winery shipper's permit for wine issued under section 
30-18a may be a holder of an in-state transporter's permit issued under 
section 30-19f, as amended by this act, or an out-of-state entity wine 
festival permit issued [pursuant to] under section 30-37m, or of both 
such permits; (11) a holder of an out-of-state shipper's permit for 
alcoholic liquor [other than beer] issued under section 30-18 or an out-
of-state winery shipper's permit for wine issued under section 30-18a 
may be a holder of an in-state transporter's permit issued under section 
30-19f, as amended by this act; (12) a holder of a manufacturer permit 
for a farm winery [or the holder of] issued under subsection (c) of section 
30-16 or a manufacturer permit for wine, cider and mead issued under 
subsection (d) of section 30-16 may be a holder of an in-state 
transporter's permit issued under section 30-19f, as amended by this act, 
a wine festival permit issued [pursuant to] under section 30-37l, a 
farmers' market sales permit issued [pursuant to] under subsection (a) 
of section 30-37o, an off-site farm winery sales and tasting permit issued 
[pursuant to] under section 30-16a or [of] any combination of such 
permits; (13) a holder of a manufacturer permit for beer issued under 
subsection (b) of section 30-16 may be a holder of a farmers' market sales 
permit issued [pursuant to] under subsection (a) of section 30-37o; (14) 
the holder of a manufacturer permit for spirits, [a manufacturer permit 
for beer, a manufacturer permit for] beer, a farm winery or [a 
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subsection (a), (b), (c) or (d), respectively, of section 30-16, may be a 
holder of a Connecticut craft cafe permit issued under section 30-22d, as 
amended by this act, a restaurant permit or a restaurant permit for wine 
and beer issued under section 30-22, as amended by this act; and (15) 
the holder of a restaurant permit [or] issued under section 30-22, as 
amended by this act, a cafe permit issued under section 30-22a, as 
amended by this act, or an in-state transporter's permit issued under 
section 30-19f, as amended by this act, may be the holder of a seasonal 
outdoor open-air permit issued [pursuant to] under section 30-22e, as 
amended by this act. Any person may be a permittee of more than one 
permit. No holder of a manufacturer permit for [a brew pub] beer issued 
under subsection (b) of section 30-16 and no spouse or child of such 
holder may be a holder or backer of more than three restaurant permits 
issued under section 30-22, as amended by this act, or cafe permits 
issued under section 30-22a, as amended by this act. 
Sec. 20. Subsection (c) of section 30-48a of the 2022 supplement to the 
general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 
thereof (Effective from passage): 
(c) Membership in any organization which is or may become the 
holder of a [cafe] club or nonprofit club permit issued [pursuant to 
subsection (h) of section 30-22a] under section 30-22aa shall not 
constitute acquisition of an interest in a retail permit. 
Sec. 21. Section 30-53 of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes 
is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 
passage): 
Each permit granted or renewed by the Department of Consumer 
Protection shall be of no effect until a duplicate thereof has been filed by 
the permittee with the town clerk of the town within which the club or 
place of business described in such permit is situated; provided the 
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subsection [(j) or (k)] (h) of section 30-22a, as amended by this act, or a 
boat operating under an in-state transporter's permit issued under 
section 30-19f, as amended by this act, shall be the office of the town 
clerk of the town of New Haven, and (2) an airline [permits,] permit 
issued under section 30-28a shall be the office of the town clerk of the 
town of Hartford. The fee for such filing shall be twenty dollars. 
Sec. 22. Section 30-54 of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes 
is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 
passage): 
Every permittee, other than a corporation holding a cafe permit 
issued [pursuant to] under subsection [(k)] (h) of section 30-22a, as 
amended by this act, or an airline permit issued under section 30-28a, 
shall cause [his or her] such permittee's permit or a duplicate thereof to 
be framed and hung in plain view in a conspicuous place in any room 
where the sales so permitted are to be carried on. 
Sec. 23. Subsections (a) to (e), inclusive, of section 30-91 of the 2022 
supplement to the general statutes are repealed and the following is 
substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 
(a) The sale, [or the] dispensing, [or] consumption or [the] presence 
in glasses or other receptacles suitable to [permit] allow for the 
consumption of alcoholic liquor by an individual in places operating 
under hotel permits issued under section 30-21, restaurant permits 
issued under section 30-22, as amended by this act, cafe permits issued 
under section 30-22a, as amended by this act, Connecticut craft cafe 
permits issued under section 30-22d, as amended by this act, club 
permits issued under section 30-22aa, restaurant permits for catering 
establishments issued under section 30-22b, coliseum permits issued 
under section 30-33a, nonprofit public museum permits issued under 
section 30-37a, manufacturer permits for beer, a farm winery or wine, 
cider and mead issued under subsection (b), (c) or (d), respectively, of  Substitute House Bill No. 5330 
 
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section 30-16, casino permits issued under section 30-37k, caterer liquor 
permits issued under section 30-37j and charitable organization permits 
issued under section 30-37b shall be unlawful on: (1) Monday, Tuesday, 
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday between the hours of one o'clock a.m. 
and nine o'clock a.m.; (2) Saturday between the hours of two o'clock a.m. 
and nine o'clock a.m.; (3) Sunday between the hours of two o'clock a.m. 
and ten o'clock a.m.; (4) Christmas, except (A) for alcoholic liquor that is 
served where food is also available during the hours otherwise 
permitted by this section for the day on which Christmas falls, and (B) 
by casino permittees at casinos, as defined in section 30-37k; and (5) 
January first between the hours of three o'clock a.m. and nine o'clock 
a.m., except that on any Sunday that is January first the prohibitions of 
this section shall be between the hours of three o'clock a.m. and ten 
o'clock a.m. 
(b) Any town may, by vote of a town meeting or by ordinance, reduce 
the number of hours during which sales under subsection (a) of this 
section, except sales [pursuant to] under a cafe permit issued [pursuant 
to] under subsection (d) of section 30-22a, as amended by this act, shall 
be permissible. In all cases when a town, either by vote of a town 
meeting or by ordinance, has acted on the sale of alcoholic liquor or the 
reduction of the number of hours when such sale is permissible, such 
action shall become effective on the first day of the month succeeding 
such action and no further action shall be taken until at least one year 
has elapsed since the previous action was taken. 
(c) Notwithstanding any provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this 
section, such sale, [or] dispensing, [or] consumption or presence in 
glasses in places operating under a cafe permit issued [pursuant to] 
under subsection (f) of section 30-22a, as amended by this act, shall be 
unlawful before eleven a.m. on any day, except in that portion of the 
permit premises which is located in a separate room or rooms entry to 
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a door or doors which shall remain closed at all times except to permit 
entrance and egress to and from the lane area. Any alcoholic liquor sold 
or dispensed in a place operating under a cafe permit issued [pursuant 
to] under subsection (f) of section 30-22a, as amended by this act, shall 
be served in containers such as, but not limited to, plastic or glass. Any 
town may, by vote of a town meeting or by ordinance, reduce the 
number of hours during which sales under this subsection shall be 
permissible. 
(d) The sale or dispensing of alcoholic liquor for off-premises 
consumption in places operating under package store permits [, drug 
store permits] issued under subsection (b) of section 30-20, as amended 
by this act, druggist permits issued under section 30-36, manufacturer 
permits [for beer or] issued under section 30-16, grocery store beer 
permits issued under subsection (c) of section 30-20, as amended by this 
act, or religious wine retailer permits issued under section 2 of this act 
shall be unlawful on Thanksgiving Day, New Year's Day and Christmas; 
and such sale or dispensing of alcoholic liquor for off-premises 
consumption in places operating under package store permits, [drug 
store] druggist permits, manufacturer permits for beer, [and] grocery 
store beer permits and religious wine retailer permits shall be unlawful 
on Sunday before ten o'clock a.m. and after six o'clock p.m. and on any 
other day before eight o'clock a.m. and after ten o'clock p.m. Any town 
may, by a vote of a town meeting or by ordinance, reduce the number 
of hours during which such sale shall be permissible. 
(e) (1) In the case of any premises operating under a cafe permit [,] 
issued under subsection (c) of section 30-22a, as amended by this act, or 
a Connecticut craft cafe permit issued under section 30-22d, as amended 
by this act, and wherein, under the provisions of this section, the sale of 
alcoholic liquor is forbidden on certain days or hours of the day, or 
during the period when [a cafe] such permit is suspended, it shall 
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premises to be occupied by, the public on such days or hours. 
(2) In the case of any premises operating under a cafe permit, it shall 
be unlawful to keep such premises open to, or permit such premises to 
be occupied by, the public between the hours of one o'clock a.m. and six 
o'clock a.m. on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 
and between the hours of two o'clock a.m. and six o'clock a.m. on 
Saturday and Sunday or during any period of time when such permit is 
suspended, provided the sale, [or the] dispensing or consumption of 
alcohol on such premises operating under such cafe permit shall be 
prohibited beyond the hours authorized for the sale, [or] dispensing or 
consumption of alcohol for such premises under this section. 
(3) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, in the case of any 
premises operating under a cafe permit, it shall be lawful for such 
premises to be open to, or be occupied by, the public when such 
premises is being used as a site for film, television, video or digital 
production eligible for a film production tax credit pursuant to section 
12-217jj, provided the sale, [or the] dispensing or consumption of 
alcohol on such premises operating under such cafe permit shall be 
prohibited beyond the hours authorized for the sale, [or the] dispensing 
or consumption of alcohol for such premises under this section. 
Sec. 24. Subsection (e) of section 30-22 of the general statutes is 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 
passage): 
(e) "Restaurant" means space [,] that (1) is located in a suitable and 
permanent building, (2) is kept, used, maintained, advertised and held 
out to the public to be a place where hot meals are regularly served, [but 
which] (3) has no sleeping accommodations for the public, [and which 
shall be provided with] (4) has an adequate and sanitary kitchen and 
dining room, [and] (5) employs at all times an adequate number of 
employees, and (6) if such space has no effective separation between a  Substitute House Bill No. 5330 
 
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barroom and a dining room, includes at least four hundred square feet 
of dining space, and seating for at least twenty persons, in the dining 
room. 
Sec. 25. Section 30-22d of the general statutes is repealed and the 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 
(a) For the purposes of this section, "craft cafe" means a space that (1) 
is located in a suitable and permanent building, (2) is kept, used, 
maintained, advertised and held out to the public to be a place where 
alcoholic liquor and food are served at retail for consumption on the 
premises, (3) at all times has employed therein an adequate number of 
employees, (4) does not include public sleeping accommodations, and 
(5) need not necessarily have a dining room or kitchen. 
[(a)] (b) A Connecticut craft cafe permit shall allow the retail sale of 
alcoholic liquor manufactured in this state to be consumed on the 
premises of such craft cafe. The holder of such permit shall also hold a 
manufacturer permit issued under section 30-16, and shall keep food 
available during [a] the majority of the hours such permit premises are 
open [pursuant to] under this subsection for sale to, and consumption 
by, customers on [the] such permit premises. The availability of food 
from outside vendors located on or near the permit premises, [shall be 
deemed compliance with] delivered either directly by such outside 
vendors or indirectly through a third party, is sufficient to satisfy such 
requirement. The permit premises shall at all times comply with all 
regulations of the local department of health. Nothing [herein] in this 
section shall be construed to require that any food be sold or purchased 
with any alcoholic liquor, [nor shall any] and no rule, regulation or 
standard shall be promulgated or enforced [requiring] to require that 
[the sale] sales of food be substantial or that the business's receipts [of 
the business other than from the sale] from sales of alcoholic liquor 
equal any set percentage of total receipts from all sales made [therein] 
on the permit premises. A Connecticut craft cafe permit shall allow, with  Substitute House Bill No. 5330 
 
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[the prior approval of] the Department of Consumer [Protection] 
Protection's prior approval and if allowed under fire, zoning and health 
regulations, alcoholic liquor to be served at tables in outside areas that 
are screened or not screened from public view. [where permitted by fire, 
zoning and health regulations. If not required by] If fire, zoning or 
health regulations [,] do not require that such areas be enclosed by a 
fence or wall, [enclosing such outside areas shall not be required by the 
Department of Consumer Protection] the department shall not require 
that such areas be so enclosed. No such fence or wall [used to enclose 
such outside areas] shall be less than thirty inches high. [Such] A 
Connecticut craft cafe permit shall also authorize the sale, at retail from 
the permit premises [of] for consumption off the permit premises, of 
sealed containers supplied by the permittee of draught beer. [for 
consumption off the premises.] Such sales shall be conducted only 
during the hours that the holder of a manufacturer permit for beer 
issued under subsection (b) of section 30-16 is permitted to sell alcoholic 
liquor under the provisions of subsection (d) of section 30-91, as 
amended by this act. Not more than nine gallons of such beer shall be 
sold to any person on any day on which the sale of alcoholic liquor is 
authorized under the provisions of subsection (a) of section 30-91, as 
amended by this act. The annual fee for [a] each Connecticut craft cafe 
permit shall be three hundred dollars. 
[(b) As used in subsection (a) of this section, "craft cafe" means space 
in a suitable and permanent building, kept, used, maintained, 
advertised and held out to the public to be a place where alcoholic liquor 
and food is served for sale at retail for consumption on the premises but 
that does not necessarily serve hot meals, as specified in subsection (a) 
of this section, but shall have employed therein at all times an adequate 
number of employees. "Cafe" does not include sleeping 
accommodations for the public and need not necessarily have a kitchen 
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(c) The holder of a Connecticut craft cafe permit may purchase, for 
resale on such permit holder's premises, alcoholic liquor [for resale on 
such permit holder's premises] from the holder of a manufacturer 
permit for: (1) [Manufacturer permit for spirits issued pursuant to] 
Spirits issued under subsection (a) of section 30-16; [, (2) manufacturer 
permit for] (2) beer issued [pursuant to] under subsection (b) of section 
30-16; [, (3) manufacturer permit for] (3) a farm winery issued [pursuant 
to] under subsection (c) of section 30-16; [,] or (4) [manufacturer permit 
for] wine, cider and mead issued [pursuant to] under subsection (d) of 
section 30-16. The holder of a Connecticut craft cafe permit shall not 
purchase the same type of alcoholic liquor such permit holder 
manufactures from any holder of a manufacturer permit specified in 
subdivision (1), (2) or (3) of this subsection. The sale of such alcoholic 
liquor shall not [be] comprise more than twenty per cent of the 
Connecticut craft cafe permit holder's gross annual sales of all alcoholic 
liquor sold for [on-premise] on-premises consumption. 
Sec. 26. Subsection (c) of section 30-22e of the 2022 supplement to the 
general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 
thereof (Effective from passage): 
(c) The seasonal outdoor open-air permit shall be effective either 
April first to September thirtieth, inclusive, or May first to October 
thirty-first, inclusive, of the same year. Such permit shall be issued by 
the Department of Consumer Protection subject to the limitations on 
hours of operation for a restaurant permittee, as specified in section 30-
91, as amended by this act. [Any] No such permit shall [not] be 
renewable, and the [issuance of] department shall not issue a 
provisional seasonal outdoor open-air permit. [is prohibited.] Any 
backer of the permittee may [only] apply for only one [such] seasonal 
outdoor open-air permit per calendar year. The provisions of 
subdivision (3) of subsection (b) and subsection (c) of section 30-39, as 
amended by this act, do not apply to [such permit] seasonal outdoor  Substitute House Bill No. 5330 
 
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open-air permits. The annual fee for [a] each seasonal outdoor open-air 
permit shall be two thousand dollars. 
Sec. 27. Section 30-35b of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes 
is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 
passage): 
[A ninety-day provisional permit shall allow the retail sale or 
manufacture of alcoholic liquor by any] The Department of Consumer 
Protection or Liquor Control Commission may, in the department's or 
commission's discretion, issue to any applicant, who makes a sworn 
application for a liquor permit under section 30-39, as amended by this 
act, and such applicant's backer, if any, a ninety-day provisional permit 
allowing such applicant and [his or her backer, if any, who has made 
application for a liquor permit pursuant to section 30-39 and may be 
issued at the discretion of the Liquor Control Commission or the 
Department of Consumer Protection] backer to manufacture or sell, at 
retail, alcoholic liquor. If such applicant or [such applicant's backer, if 
any,] backer causes any delay in the investigation conducted by the 
[Department of Consumer Protection] department pursuant to [said] 
section 30-39, as amended by this act, [the] such ninety-day provisional 
permit shall immediately cease [immediately. Only] to be effective. The 
department or commission shall issue only one [such] ninety-day 
provisional permit [shall be issued] to any such applicant and [his or 
her] applicant's backer [, if any,] for each location of the club or place of 
business which is to be operated under such permit. [and such] Such 
ninety-day provisional permit shall be nonrenewable, but may be 
extended due to delays not caused by the applicant. [Such] The 
department or commission shall not extend such permit [shall not be 
extended] beyond one year from the filing date, as defined in section 30-
39, as amended by this act. The nonrefundable fee for such ninety-day 
provisional permit shall be five hundred dollars. 
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is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 
passage): 
No person who is [, by statute or regulation,] declared, under any 
provision of the general statutes or the regulations of Connecticut state 
agencies, to be an unsuitable person to hold a permit to sell alcoholic 
liquor shall be allowed to have a financial interest in any [such permit] 
business that is permitted to sell alcoholic liquor under any provision of 
the general statutes or the regulations of Connecticut state agencies. 
Except as provided in section 30-90a, no minor shall be employed [in 
any premises operating under a cafe permit in any capacity or] in 
handling any alcoholic liquor upon, [in] delivering any alcoholic liquor 
to [,] or [in] carrying or conveying any alcoholic liquor from [,] any 
permit premises. 
Sec. 29. Section 30-90 of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes 
is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 
passage): 
Any permittee who, [by himself, his] either personally or through 
such permittee's servant or agent, [permits] allows any minor or any 
person to whom the sale or gift of alcoholic liquor has been [forbidden 
according to] prohibited by law to loiter on [his] the permit premises 
where [such] alcoholic liquor is kept for sale, or who allows any minor, 
other than a person [over age eighteen who is] who is at least eighteen 
years of age and an employee or permit holder under section 30-90a or 
a minor accompanied by [his] the minor's parent or guardian, to be in 
any room where alcoholic liquor is served at any bar, shall be subject to 
the penalties [of] described in section 30-113. For barrooms consisting of 
only one room and for permit premises without effective separation 
between a barroom and a dining room, [no] an unaccompanied minor 
may remain on the permit premises while waiting for and consuming 
food prepared on such permit premises. No minor may sit or stand at a 
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spouse. 
Sec. 30. Section 20-578 of the general statutes is repealed and the 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 
(a) Information received by the department, the commission or the 
Department of Public Health, through filed reports or inspection or as 
otherwise authorized under chapters 418, [and] 420b, 420c and 420f and 
sections 20-570 to 20-630, inclusive, shall not be disclosed publicly in 
such a manner as to identify individuals or institutions, except: (1) In a 
proceeding involving the question of licensure or the right to practice; 
[,] and (2) in a proceeding where the commission has voted in favor of 
formal disciplinary action against a pharmacist or pharmacy licensed 
pursuant to this chapter, when such disciplinary action is related to an 
error in the dispensing of medication. Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to prohibit the commissioner from disclosing information 
gained through the inspection of pharmacies and outlets holding 
permits for the sale of nonlegend drugs if the commissioner considers 
such disclosure to be in the interest of public health. 
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, 
section 21a-265 and chapter 55, the Commissioners of Consumer 
Protection and Public Health and the authorized agents of said 
commissioners, in carrying out their duties under subsection (a) of this 
section, may: (1) Exchange information relating to a license or 
registration issued by their respective agencies; [,] or (2) exchange 
investigative information relating to violations of this chapter with each 
other, [with] the Chief State's Attorney and [with] any agencies charged 
with [the enforcement of] enforcing the pharmacy or drug laws of the 
United States, this state [and all] or other jurisdictions. 
Sec. 31. Subsection (a) of section 20-621a of the 2022 supplement to 
the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 
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(a) As used in this section: [,] (1) ["long-term care pharmacy"] "Long-
term care pharmacy" (A) means a pharmacy licensed under section 20-
594, or registered as a nonresident pharmacy under section 20-627, that 
stores and dispenses legend drugs and legend devices to patients or 
residents of licensed nursing homes, rest homes, residential care homes 
or other supervised residential facilities and from which related 
pharmaceutical care services are provided, and (B) includes pharmacies 
located both inside and outside of such facilities but does not include 
those that are part of a licensed hospital; [,] (2) "nursing home" has the 
same meaning as provided in section 19a-490; [,] and (3) "automated 
prescription dispensing machine" has the same meaning as provided in 
section 20-571. A long-term care pharmacy may operate an automated 
prescription dispensing machine in a nursing home in accordance with 
a protocol approved in writing by the Department of Consumer 
Protection, until such time as regulations are adopted pursuant to 
subsection (b) of this section. The annual fee to operate an automated 
prescription dispensing machine shall be one hundred dollars per 
machine. 
Sec. 32. Section 21a-248 of the general statutes is repealed and the 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 
(a) A licensed manufacturer or wholesaler may sell and dispense 
controlled drugs to any of the following-named persons, but in the case 
of schedule II drugs only on an official written order or electronically 
through the Drug Enforcement Agency's Controlled Substance 
Ordering System: (1) To a manufacturer, wholesaler or pharmacist; (2) 
to a physician, dentist or veterinarian; (3) to a person in charge of a 
hospital, incorporated college or scientific institution, but only for use 
by or in that hospital, incorporated college or scientific institution for 
medical or scientific purposes; (4) to a person in charge of a laboratory, 
but only for use in that laboratory for scientific and medical purposes; 
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240. 
(b) A licensed manufacturer or wholesaler may sell controlled drugs 
only to registrants when permitted under federal and state laws and 
regulations. 
(c) An official [written] order for any schedule I or II drug shall be 
signed [in triplicate] by the person giving such order or by [his] such 
person's authorized agent and [the original] such order shall be 
presented to the person who sells or dispenses the drug or drugs named 
therein as provided by federal [laws] law. If such order is accepted by 
such person, each party to the transaction shall preserve [his] such 
party's copy of such order for a period of three years in such a way so 
as to be readily accessible for inspection by any public officer or 
employee engaged in the enforcement of this chapter. 
(d) The manufacturer or wholesaler shall keep records of all sales and 
dispensing of controlled drugs and shall comply fully with applicable 
provisions of the federal controlled drug laws and the federal food and 
drug laws, and the state food, drug and cosmetic laws in such sale or 
dispensing of controlled drugs. 
(e) Possession or control of controlled drugs obtained as authorized 
by this section shall be lawful only if obtained in the regular course of 
the business, occupation, profession, employment or duty of the 
possessor. 
(f) A person in charge of a hospital, incorporated college or scientific 
institution, or of a laboratory, or in the employ of this state or of any 
other state, or of any political subdivision thereof, and a master or other 
proper officer of a ship or aircraft, who obtains controlled drugs under 
the provisions of this section or otherwise, shall not administer, or 
dispense, or otherwise use such drugs within this state, except within 
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official duty, and then only for scientific or medicinal purposes or for 
the purposes of research or analysis and subject to the provisions of this 
chapter. 
Sec. 33. Section 28-32 of the general statutes is repealed and the 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 
(a) For purposes of this section and section 28-32a: 
(1) (A) "Drugs" means [(A)] (i) substances recognized as drugs in the 
official United States Pharmacopoeia, official Homeopathic 
Pharmacopoeia of the United States [,] or official National Formulary, 
or any supplement to any of said publications, [; (B)] (ii) substances 
intended for use in [the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment or 
prevention of] curing, diagnosing, mitigating, preventing or treating 
disease in [man] humans or other animals, [; (C)] (iii) substances, other 
than food, intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of 
[man] humans or other animals, [;] and [(D)] (iv) substances intended 
for use as a component of any article specified in [subparagraph (A), (B) 
or (C)] subparagraph (A)(i), (A)(ii) or (A)(iii) of this subdivision. 
(B) "Drugs" does not include devices or their components, parts or 
accessories. [;] 
(2) (A) "Controlled drugs" means those drugs which contain any 
quantity of a substance which has been designated as subject to the 
federal Controlled Substances Act, or which has been designated as a 
depressant or stimulant drug pursuant to federal food and drug laws, 
or which has been designated by the Commissioner of Consumer 
Protection pursuant to section 21a-243 as having a stimulant, depressant 
or hallucinogenic effect upon the higher functions of the central nervous 
system and as having a tendency to promote abuse or psychological or 
physiological dependence, or both. Such controlled drugs are 
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cocaine-type, hallucinogenic, morphine-type and other stimulant and 
depressant drugs. 
(B) "Controlled drugs" does not include alcohol, nicotine or caffeine. 
[;] 
(3) (A) "Controlled substance" means a drug, substance or immediate 
precursor in schedules I to V, inclusive, of the Connecticut controlled 
substance scheduling regulations adopted pursuant to section 21a-243. 
(B) "Controlled substance" does not include alcohol, nicotine or 
caffeine. 
(4) "Medical devices" means apparatuses, contrivances and 
instruments, including their accessories, components and parts, 
intended (A) for use in curing, diagnosing, mitigating, preventing or 
treating disease in humans or other animals, or (B) to affect the structure 
or any function of the body of humans or other animals. 
(b) Upon declaration of an emergency by the Governor or the 
Governor's authorized representative having authority to declare 
emergencies, a hospital pharmacy, pharmacy or registrant authorized 
by state or federal law to be in possession of controlled substances may, 
in accordance with applicable federal regulations, policies and 
guidelines and with prior approval of the Commissioner of Consumer 
Protection, transfer or distribute drugs, [or] controlled drugs or medical 
devices to a licensed pharmacy, a registrant authorized by state or 
federal law to be in possession of controlled substances, or a location 
authorized by the commissioner. Such registrant shall record the 
transfer accurately and in compliance with all state and federal statutes 
and regulations and shall report the transfer, in writing, to the 
commissioner. 
Sec. 34. Section 21a-79 of the general statutes is repealed and the 
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(a) For the purposes of this section: [(1) "consumer commodity" and 
"unit of a consumer commodity" have] 
(1) "Alcoholic liquor" has the same meaning as provided in section 
30-1, as amended by this act; 
(2) "Carbonated soft drink container" means an individual, separate 
sealed glass, metal or plastic bottle, can, carton or jar containing a 
carbonated liquid soft drink that is sold separately or in packages of not 
more than twenty-four individual containers; 
(3) "Consumer commodity" has the same meaning as provided in 
section 21a-73, except that [consumer commodity] "consumer 
commodity" does not include alcoholic liquor [, as defined in 
subdivision (3) of section 30-1,] or a carbonated soft drink container; [(2) 
"carbonated soft drink container" means an individual, separate, sealed 
glass, metal or plastic bottle, can, jar or carton containing a carbonated 
liquid soft drink sold separately or in packages of not more than twenty-
four individual containers; (3) "universal product coding"] 
(4) "Electronic pricing system" means a system that utilizes, by means 
of a scanner, universal product coding bar codes in combination with a 
cash register to record and total a consumer's purchases; 
(5) "Electronic shelf labeling system" means an electronic system that 
utilizes an electronic device which (A) is attached to a shelf, or at any 
other point of sale, immediately above or below an item, (B) clearly and 
conspicuously displays to consumers the price and unit price of a 
consumer commodity, and (C) reads the same data as an electronic cash 
register scanning system; 
(6) "End cap display" means a location in a retail sales area that is at 
the immediate end of an aisle; 
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provided in section 21a-73; and 
(8) "Universal product coding" means any system of coding that 
entails electronic pricing. [; (4) an electronic shelf labeling system is an 
electronic system that utilizes an electronic device attached to the shelf 
or at any other point of sale, immediately below or above the item, that 
conspicuously and clearly displays to the consumer the unit price and 
the price of the consumer commodity. Such electronic shelf labeling 
system reads the exact same data as the electronic cash register scanning 
system; and (5) an electronic pricing system is a system that utilizes the 
universal product coding bar code by means of a scanner in combination 
with the cash register to record and total a customer's purchases.] 
(b) (1) (A) Any person who, or association, corporation, firm [,] or 
partnership [, association or corporation] that, [utilizes] uses universal 
product coding [in totaling] to total a retail [customer's] consumer's 
purchases shall mark, or cause to be marked, each consumer commodity 
that bears a [Universal Product Code] universal product code with [its] 
such consumer commodity's retail price. 
(B) Any person who, or association, corporation, firm [,] or 
partnership [, association or corporation] that, [utilizes] uses an 
electronic pricing system [in totaling] to total a retail consumer's 
purchases shall provide [each] to such consumer [with] an item-by-item 
digital display, plainly visible to [the] such consumer as each universal 
[pricing] product code is scanned, of the price of each carbonated soft 
drink container or consumer commodity, [or carbonated soft drink 
container,] or both, which such consumer has selected for purchase [by 
such consumer prior to accepting] before such person, association, 
corporation, firm or partnership accepts payment from such consumer 
for such carbonated soft drink container or consumer commodity, or 
[container] both. The provisions of this subparagraph [do] shall not be 
construed to apply to any person who, or association, corporation, firm 
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retail sales area of not more than ten thousand square feet. 
(2) The provisions of subparagraph (A) of subdivision (1) of this 
subsection shall not apply if [:] (A) [The] the Commissioner of Consumer 
Protection, by regulation, allows for the [utilization] use of electronic 
shelf labeling systems, [;] (B) [a retailer is granted] the commissioner 
grants to a person, association, corporation, firm or partnership 
approval to [utilize] use an electronic shelf labeling system, [by the 
commissioner;] (C) the [retailer has demonstrated] person, association, 
corporation, firm or partnership demonstrates, to the commissioner's 
satisfaction, [of the commissioner] that such electronic shelf labeling 
system is supported by an electronic pricing system that [utilizes] uses 
universal product coding [in totaling] to total a retail [customer's] 
consumer's purchases, [;] and (D) [the retailer] such person, association, 
corporation, firm or partnership has received the commissioner's 
approval for such an electronic pricing system. [by the commissioner.] 
(3) The provisions of subparagraph (A) of subdivision (1) of this 
subsection shall not apply to a person, association, corporation, firm or 
partnership if [:] (A) [The retailer has met] the conditions [of] established 
in subdivision (2) of this subsection [;] have been satisfied, and (B) the 
[retailer] person, association, corporation, firm or partnership has 
received the Commissioner of Consumer Protection's permission [by the 
commissioner] to suspend implementation of the electronic pricing 
system for a period, not to exceed thirty days, [in order to allow the 
retailer] to enable such person, association, corporation, firm or 
partnership, or an agent acting on behalf of [the retailer] such person, 
association, corporation, firm or partnership, to [reset,] remodel, repair, 
reset or otherwise modify such electronic pricing system at the retail 
establishment. 
(4) The provisions of subparagraph (A) of subdivision (1) of this 
subsection shall not apply to a person, association, corporation, firm or 
partnership if [:] (A) [The retailer] the person, association, corporation,  Substitute House Bill No. 5330 
 
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firm or partnership applies for, and [is approved for] the Commissioner 
of Consumer Protection approves, an exemption [by the Commissioner 
of Consumer Protection] for such person, association, corporation, firm 
or partnership, (B) [the retailer] such person, association, corporation, 
firm or partnership demonstrates, to the commissioner's satisfaction, [of 
the commissioner] that [the retailer] such person, association, 
corporation, firm or partnership has achieved price scanner accuracy of 
at least ninety-eight per cent, as determined by the latest version of the 
National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 130, 
"Examination Procedures for Price Verification", as adopted by The 
National Conference on Weights and Measures, [",] (C) [the retailer] 
such person, association, corporation, firm or partnership pays an 
application fee, to be used to offset annual inspection costs, of three 
hundred fifteen dollars, if the premises consists of less than twenty 
thousand square feet of retail space, [and] or six hundred twenty-five 
dollars, if the premises consists of at least twenty thousand square feet 
[or more] of retail space, (D) [the retailer] such person, association, 
corporation, firm or partnership makes available a consumer price test 
scanner that is approved by the commissioner and located prominently 
in an easily accessible location for each twelve thousand square feet of 
retail floor space, or fraction thereof, and (E) price accuracy inspections 
resulting in less than ninety-eight per cent price scanner accuracy are 
reinspected, without penalty, and [the retailer] such person, association, 
corporation, firm or partnership pays a two-hundred-fifty-dollar 
reinspection fee. 
(5) Notwithstanding any provision of this subsection, consumer 
commodities that are offered for sale and [that are] located on an end 
cap display within the retail sales area [are] shall not be subject to the 
requirements [specified under] established in this subsection, provided 
any information that would otherwise have been made available to a 
consumer pursuant to this section is clearly and conspicuously posted 
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cap display" means the location in the retail sales area that is at the 
immediate end of an aisle.] 
(6) Consumer commodities that are advertised in a publicly 
circulated printed form as being offered for sale at a reduced retail price 
for a minimum seven-day period need not be individually marked at 
such reduced retail price, provided such consumer commodities are 
individually marked with their regular retail price and a conspicuous 
sign [is] adjacent to such consumer commodities [, which sign] discloses 
[:] (A) [The] such reduced retail price and [its] the unit price [;] of such 
consumer commodities, and (B) a statement disclosing that [the item] 
the cashier will [be] electronically [priced] price such consumer 
commodities at [the] such reduced price. [by the cashier.] 
(7) [If] (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B) of this 
subdivision, if a consumer commodity is offered for sale and [its] the 
consumer commodity's electronic price is higher than the posted price, 
then one item of such consumer commodity, up to a value of twenty 
dollars, shall be given to the consumer at no cost to the consumer. A 
conspicuous sign shall adequately disclose to the consumer that in the 
event the electronic price is higher than the posted retail price, one item 
of such consumer commodity shall be given to the [customer] consumer 
at no cost to the consumer. 
(B) The provisions of subparagraph (A) of this subdivision shall not 
apply to a person, association, corporation, firm or partnership in cases 
where the person, association, corporation, firm or partnership (i) 
improperly fails to redeem a digital or paper coupon which, if properly 
redeemed, would reduce the price of a consumer commodity, or (ii) fails 
to remove a sign adjoining a consumer commodity and disclosing a 
time-limited reduced price for the consumer commodity after the time 
period specified for such reduced price has expired. 
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properly redeemed, would reduce the price of a consumer commodity 
and the person, association, corporation, firm or partnership fails to 
properly redeem such coupon, such person, association, corporation, 
firm or partnership shall provide to the consumer a refund in an amount 
that is equal to the value of such coupon. If a person, association, 
corporation, firm or partnership offers a consumer commodity for sale 
at a reduced price for a specified time period, and a sign disclosing such 
reduced price remains adjacent to the consumer commodity following 
expiration of such time period, the person, association, corporation, firm 
or partnership shall only require a consumer to pay the reduced price 
disclosed in such sign for such consumer commodity. 
(c) (1) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection may adopt 
regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, concerning 
the marking of prices, and use of universal product coding, on each unit 
of a consumer commodity. 
(2) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection may adopt 
regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, designating 
not more than twelve consumer commodities that need not be marked 
in accordance with the provisions of subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of 
this section and specifying the method of providing adequate disclosure 
to consumers to [insure] ensure that the electronic pricing of the 
designated consumer commodities is accurate. The commissioner may 
also establish, by regulation, methods to protect consumers against 
electronic pricing errors of such designated consumer commodities and 
to [insure] ensure that the electronic prices of such designated consumer 
commodities are accurate. Among the methods that the commissioner 
may consider are conditions similar to those set forth in subdivision (5) 
of subsection (b) of this section. 
(d) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection, after providing 
notice and conducting a hearing in accordance with the provisions of 
chapter 54, may issue a warning citation to, or impose a civil penalty of  Substitute House Bill No. 5330 
 
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not more than one hundred dollars for the first offense and not more 
than five hundred dollars for each subsequent offense on, any person [,] 
who, or association, corporation, firm [,] or partnership [, association or 
corporation] that, violates any provision of subsection (b) of this section, 
or any regulation adopted pursuant to subsection (c) of this section. Any 
person who, or association, corporation, firm [,] or partnership [, 
association or corporation] that, violates any provision of subsection (b) 
of this section, or any regulation adopted pursuant to subsection (c) of 
this section, shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars for the 
first offense and not more than one thousand dollars for each 
subsequent offense. Each violation with respect to all units of a 
particular consumer commodity on any single day shall be deemed a 
single offense. 
Sec. 35. Section 21a-79b of the general statutes is repealed and the 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 
(a) For the purposes of this section, "consumer commodity" has the 
same meaning as provided in section [21a-73, except that "consumer 
commodity" does not include alcoholic liquor, as defined in subdivision 
(3) of section 30-1, or a carbonated soft drink container] 21a-79, as 
amended by this act. 
(b) (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 21a-79, as amended 
by this act, and except as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection, 
if a retailer offers to a consumer a consumer commodity, including, but 
not limited to, [fruits] any fruit or [vegetables] vegetable weighed at the 
point of sale, [is offered for sale by a retailer] and [its] the price of the 
consumer commodity to the consumer at the point of sale is [higher] 
greater than the [posted or] advertised or posted retail price for such 
consumer commodity, [then] such retailer shall give such consumer 
commodity [, up to a value of twenty dollars, shall be given] to [the] 
such consumer, at no cost to such consumer, if the value of such 
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Retailers shall post a sign, [shall] in a conspicuous location, which 
adequately [disclose] discloses to [the consumer] consumers that in the 
event [such] the retail price of a consumer commodity is [higher] greater 
than the [posted or] advertised or posted retail price [,] for the consumer 
commodity, the retailer shall give such consumer commodity [shall be 
given] to the [customer] consumer at no cost to the consumer. 
(2) The provisions of subdivision (1) of this subsection shall not apply 
to a retailer if the retailer (A) improperly fails to redeem a digital or 
paper coupon which, if properly redeemed, would reduce the price of a 
consumer commodity, or (B) fails to remove a sign adjoining a consumer 
commodity and disclosing a time-limited reduced price for the 
consumer commodity after the time period specified for such reduced 
price has expired. 
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 21-79 and except as 
provided in subsection (b) of this section, if a consumer presents a 
digital or paper coupon which, if properly redeemed, would reduce the 
price of a consumer commodity, including, but not limited to, any fruit 
or vegetable weighed at the point of sale, and the retailer fails to 
properly redeem such coupon, such retailer shall provide to the 
consumer a refund in an amount that is equal to the value of such 
coupon. If a retailer offers a consumer commodity, including, but not 
limited to, any fruit or vegetable weighed at the point of sale, for sale at 
a reduced price for a specified time period, and a sign disclosing such 
reduced price remains adjacent to the consumer commodity after 
expiration of such time period, the retailer shall only require a consumer 
to pay the reduced price disclosed in such sign for such consumer 
commodity. 
[(c)] (d) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection, after providing 
notice and conducting a hearing in accordance with the provisions of 
chapter 54, may issue a warning citation to, or impose a civil penalty of 
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than five hundred dollars for each subsequent offense on, any person 
who, or association, corporation, firm [,] or partnership [, association or 
corporation] that, violates any provision of subsection (b) or (c) of this 
section. Each violation with respect to all units of a particular consumer 
commodity on any single day shall be deemed a single offense. 
[(d)] (e) The provisions of this section do not apply to any person, 
association, corporation, firm [,] or partnership [, association or 
corporation] operating in a retail sales area of not more than ten 
thousand square feet. 
Sec. 36. Section 42-133ff of the general statutes is repealed and the 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 
(a) For the purposes of this section: 
(1) (A) "Agent" (i) means any person who (I) arranges for the 
distribution of services by another person, or (II) leases, rents or sells 
tangible or intangible personal, real or mixed property, or any other 
article, commodity or thing of value, on behalf of another person, and 
(ii) includes, but is not limited to, (I) any person who is duly appointed 
as an agent by a common c arrier, (II) any person who sells 
transportation, travel or vacation arrangements on behalf of another 
person who is engaged in the business of furnishing transportation, 
travel or vacation services, and (III) any member of a cruise line 
association that operates exclusively as an agent for cruise lines to sell 
cruise travel products or services. 
(B) "Agent" does not mean (i) a common carrier, (ii) an employee of a 
common carrier, or (iii) any person engaged in the business of 
furnishing transportation, travel or vacation services. 
(2) "Charge card" (A) means any card, device or instrument that (i) is 
issued, with or without a fee, to a holder and requires the holder to pay 
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the end of each standard billing cycle established by the issuer of such 
card, device or instrument, and (ii) may be used by the holder in a 
transaction to receive services or lease, purchase or rent tangible or 
intangible personal, real or mixed property, or any other article, 
commodity or thing of value, and (B) includes, but is not limited to, any 
software application that (i) is used to store a digital form of such card, 
device or instrument, and (ii) may be used in a transaction to receive 
such services or lease, purchase or rent any such property, article, 
commodity or thing. 
(3) "Credit card" (A) means any card, device or instrument that (i) is 
issued, with or without a fee, to a holder, and (ii) may be used by the 
holder in a transaction to receive services or lease, purchase or rent 
tangible or intangible personal, real or mixed property, or any other 
article, commodity or thing of value on credit, regardless of whether 
such card, device or instrument is known as a credit card, credit plate or 
by any other name, and (B) includes, but is not limited to, any software 
application that (i) is used to store a digital form of such card, device or 
instrument, and (ii) may be used in a transaction to receive such services 
or lease, purchase or rent any such property, article, commodity or thing 
on credit. 
(4) (A) "Debit card" (i) means any card, code, device or other means 
of access, or any combination thereof, that (I) is authorized or issued for 
use to debit an asset account held, directly or indirectly, by a financial 
institution, and (II) may be used in a transaction to receive services or 
lease, purchase or rent tangible or intangible personal, real or mixed 
property, or any other article, commodity or thing of value regardless of 
whether such card, code, device, means or combination is known as a 
debit card, and (ii) includes, but is not limited to, (I) any software 
application that is used to store a digital form of such card, code, device 
or other means of access, or any combination thereof, that may be used 
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such property, article, commodity or thing, and (II) any cards, codes, 
devices or other means of access, or any combination thereof, commonly 
known as automated teller machine cards and payroll cards. 
(B) "Debit card" does not mean (i) a check, draft or similar paper 
instrument, or (ii) any electronic representation of such check, draft or 
instrument. 
(5) "Person" means any natural person, corporation, incorporated or 
unincorporated association, limited liability company, partnership, 
trust or other legal entity. 
(6) "Surcharge" means any additional charge or fee that increases the 
total amount of a transaction for the privilege of using a particular form 
of payment. 
(7) (A) "Transaction" means distribution by one person to another 
person of any service, or the lease, rental or sale by one person of any 
tangible or intangible personal, real or mixed property, or any other 
article, commodity or thing of value to another person, for a certain 
price. 
(B) "Transaction" does not mean payment of any (i) fees, costs, fines 
or other charges to a state agency authorized by the Secretary of the 
Office of Policy and Management under section 1-1j, (ii) taxes, penalties, 
interest and fees allowed by the Commissioner of Revenue Services in 
accordance with section 12-39r, (iii) taxes, penalties, interest and fees, or 
other charges, to a municipality in accordance with section 12-141a, (iv) 
fees, costs, fines or other charges to the Judicial Branch in accordance 
with section 51-193b, or (v) sum pursuant to any other provision of the 
general statutes or regulation of Connecticut state agencies. 
[(a)] (b) No [seller] person may impose a surcharge [on a buyer who 
elects to use any method of payment, including, but not limited to, cash, 
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[(b) Any seller who accepts or offers to accept a bank credit card 
bearing a trade name as a means of payment shall accept any bank credit 
card bearing such trade name presented by a cardholder, 
notwithstanding the identity of the card issuer. For the purposes of this 
subsection, "bank credit card" means any credit card issued by a bank, 
savings bank, savings and loan association or credit union.] 
(c) (1) Nothing in this section shall prohibit any [seller] person from 
offering a discount [to a buyer] on any transaction to induce [such buyer 
to pay] payment by cash, check, debit card [, check] or similar means 
rather than by charge card or credit card. No person may offer any such 
discount unless such person posts a notice disclosing such discount. 
Such person shall clearly and conspicuously (A) post such notice on 
such person's premises if such person conducts transactions in-person, 
(B) display such notice on the Internet web site or digital payment 
application before completing any online transaction or transaction that 
is processed by way of such digital payment application, and (C) 
verbally provide such notice before completing any oral transaction, 
including, but not limited to, any telephonic transaction. 
(2) In furtherance of the legislative findings contained in section 42-
133j, no existing or future agreement or contract [or agreement] shall 
prohibit a gasoline distributor or retailer [or distributor] from offering a 
discount to a buyer based upon the method [of payment by] such buyer 
uses to pay for such gasoline. Any provision in such [contract or] 
agreement or contract prohibiting such [retailer or] distributor or 
retailer from offering such discount is void and without effect [as] 
because such provision is contrary to public policy. 
[(d) Nothing in this section shall prohibit any seller from conditioning 
acceptance of a credit card on a buyer's minimum purchase. Each seller 
shall disclose any such minimum purchase policy orally or in writing at 
the point of purchase. For the purposes of this subsection, "at the point 
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in an advertisement or menu. 
(e) No provider of travel services may impose a surcharge on or 
reduce the commission paid to a travel agent who acts as an agent for 
such provider if the buyer uses a credit card to purchase such provider's 
travel services. A violation of any provision of this subsection shall be 
deemed an unfair or deceptive trade practice under subsection (a) of 
section 42-110b. As used in this subsection, "provider of travel services" 
means a person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of 
furnishing travel, transportation or vacation services, but does not 
include a travel agent, and "travel agent" means a person, firm, 
corporation or other entity that (1) is (A) a duly appointed agent of a 
common carrier, or (B) a member of a cruise line association and 
operates exclusively as an agent for cruise lines in the sale of cruise 
travel products or services, and (2) offers or sells travel, transportation 
or vacation arrangements as an agent for a provider of travel services, 
but does not include a common carrier or an employee of a common 
carrier.] 
(d) No person shall condition acceptance of a charge card or credit 
card for a transaction on a requirement that the transaction be in a 
minimum amount unless such person discloses such requirement. Such 
person shall clearly and conspicuously (1) post such notice on such 
person's premises if such person conducts transactions in-person, (2) 
display such notice on the Internet web site or digital payment 
application before completing any online transaction or transaction 
processed by way of such digital payment application, and (3) verbally 
provide such notice before completing any oral transaction, including, 
but not limited to, any telephonic transaction. 
(e) No person may reduce the amount of any commission paid to an 
agent for such person in a transaction because a charge card or credit 
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(f) A violation of any provision of this section shall be deemed an 
unfair or deceptive trade practice under subsection (a) of section 42-
110b. The Commissioner of Consumer Protection may impose an 
additional civil penalty for any violation of this section. The amount of 
such additional civil penalty shall not exceed five hundred dollars per 
violation. Payments of such additional civil penalty shall be deposited 
in the consumer protection enforcement account established in section 
21a-8a. 
(g) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection may adopt 
regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to 
implement the provisions of this section. 
Sec. 37. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2022) Any contractor who is licensed 
under chapter 393 of the general statutes and engaged to perform work 
on a private residence, and any person who owns or controls a business 
that is engaged to perform work on, or render services concerning, a 
private residence through persons licensed under chapter 393 of the 
general statutes to perform such work or render such services, shall 
include in the invoice or work order for such work or services, provided 
such invoice or work order is not signed by the consumer and therefore 
may constitute a contract, when complete: (1) The full legal name and 
license number of such licensed contractor or the licensed contractor of 
record for such business for such work or services, which licensed 
contractor or licensed contractor of record is liable for the work of any 
individual who performs work on such contractor's behalf related to the 
invoiced work or services; (2) such licensed contractor's address or, in 
the case of a business, the business's address and phone number; (3) a 
description of such work or services; (4) the labor and material costs of 
such work or services; (5) the date or dates on which such work was 
performed or services were rendered; and (6) the complete name of each 
licensee who performed such work or rendered such services. For the 
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provided in section 20-419 of the general statutes. 
Sec. 38. Section 16a-17 of the general statutes is repealed and the 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 
(a) As used in this section and sections [16a-17] 16a-18 to 16a-20, 
inclusive: 
[(1) "Fuel" includes electricity, natural gas, petroleum products, coal 
and coal products, wood fuels, radioactive materials and any other 
resource yielding energy;] 
[(2)] (1) "Creating a fuel shortage" means the diminution by 
contrivance or artificial means of the supply of fuel to a point below that 
needed to meet consumer demands adequately; [.] and 
(2) "Fuel" includes coal and coal products, electricity, natural gas, 
petroleum products, radioactive materials, wood fuels and any other 
resource yielding energy. 
(b) As used in sections 16a-21, as amended by this act, 16a-22a and 
16a-22k: 
(1) "Associated equipment" means a gas line, gas regulator, [gas line,] 
sacrificial anode, interconnecting hardware and [such] any other 
equipment that is necessary [for the installation and operation of] to 
install and operate a propane tank; 
(2) "Automatic delivery" means the delivery of heating fuel to a 
consumer by a dealer [pursuant to] under a system determined by the 
dealer of calculating the consumer's heating fuel needs [of the 
consumer,] based on the consumer's [consumption of] heating fuel 
consumption; 
(3) "Cash" (A) means [legal tender,] a certified or cashier's check, 
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tender,] check, [or] money order [. Cash also] or legal tender, and (B) 
includes a guaranteed payment on behalf of a consumer by a 
government or community action agency, provided no discount is taken 
for the charge as billed; 
(4) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Consumer 
Protection; 
(5) "Consumer" means a direct purchaser of heating fuel from a 
heating fuel dealer [, when such fuel is the primary source of heat for 
residential heating or domestic hot water to] for one or more dwelling 
units within a structure having not more than four dwelling units; 
(6) "Gallon" means an accepted unit of measure consisting of two 
hundred thirty-one cubic inches, for all liquid or gaseous heating fuel, 
subject to modifications allowed under regulations adopted pursuant to 
section 43-42; 
(7) "Heating fuel" means any petroleum-based fuel, including any 
petroleum product regulated pursuant to chapter 250, used as the 
primary source of residential heating or domestic hot water; [, including 
petroleum products regulated pursuant to chapter 250;] 
(8) "Heating fuel dealer" or "dealer" means any individual or group 
of individuals who, or a cooperative, corporation, firm, limited liability 
company or partnership [, corporation, cooperative or limited liability 
company] that, offers [the retail sale of] to sell, at retail, heating fuel to a 
consumer; 
(9) "Lessee" means a natural person who rents or leases personal 
property under a consumer rental or lease agreement; 
(10) "Lessor" means a heating fuel dealer who regularly provides the 
use of personal property through consumer rental or lease agreements 
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(11) "Notice of termination of automatic delivery" means a notice by 
a consumer to a dealer providing automatic delivery in which the 
consumer requests that the dealer [to] terminate such automatic 
delivery; and 
(12) "Purchase price" or "commercially reasonable price" means a 
price that does not exceed the fair market value of [the] a propane tank 
and associated equipment, as applicable. 
Sec. 39. Subsection (b) of section 16a-21 of the general statutes is 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 
passage): 
(b) If a consumer complaint is being mediated or investigated by the 
commissioner, the heating fuel dealer, if it owns the tank and has 
exclusive fill requirements, may not deny the consumer deliveries of 
heating fuel, [from October first to March thirty-first, inclusive] or fuel 
for cooking or power generation, because of the existence of the 
mediation or investigation, provided the heating fuel dealer remains the 
exclusive supplier of [heating] such fuel and the consumer pays cash for 
such fuel upon delivery. 
Sec. 40. Subsection (a) of section 16a-23m of the general statutes is 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 
passage): 
(a) As used in this section, sections 16a-23n to 16a-23s, inclusive, and 
section 16a-23v: 
(1) "Budget plan" means a type of contract offering heating fuel [,] 
that may be paid for in advance of, on or after delivery and is paid for 
in not less than three installment payments over a period of at least one 
hundred twenty days, [or more,] provided the amount required to be 
paid as the first payment under such contract is not greater than fifty 
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(2) "Capped price plan" means [an agreement where] a contract 
which provides that the cost to the consumer [of] for heating fuel shall 
not increase above a specified price per gallon and the consumer shall 
pay less than [the] such specified price under circumstances specified in 
such contract; 
(3) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Consumer 
Protection; 
(4) "Consumer" means a direct purchaser of heating fuel from a 
heating fuel dealer [, when such fuel is the primary source of heating 
fuel for residential heating or domestic hot water to] for one or more 
dwelling units within a structure having not more than four dwelling 
units; 
(5) "Forwards contract" means an agreement between two parties to 
buy or sell an asset at a certain future time for a certain price; 
(6) "Futures contract" means a standardized, transferable, exchange-
traded agreement that requires delivery of heating fuel at a specified 
price on a specified future date; 
(7) "Gallon" means an accepted unit of measure consisting of two 
hundred thirty-one cubic inches, for all liquid or gaseous heating fuel, 
subject to modifications allowed under regulations adopted pursuant to 
section 43-42; 
(8) "Guaranteed price plan", also known as "guaranteed plan", "fixed 
price", "full price", "lock in", "capped", "price cap", or other similar 
terminology, when used to describe a contract, means a type of contract 
that is not paid in advance of delivery, offering heating fuel at a 
guaranteed future price or at a maximum future price; 
(9) "Heating fuel" means any petroleum-based fuel, including any 
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source of residential heating or domestic hot water; [, including 
petroleum products regulated pursuant to chapter 250;] 
(10) "Heating fuel dealer" or "dealer" means any individual or group 
of individuals who, or a [firm, partnership, corporation,] cooperative, 
[or] corporation, firm, limited liability company or partnership that, 
offers [the retail sale of] to sell, at retail, heating fuel to consumers; 
(11) "Heating oil" means a [predominantly liquefied] petroleum 
product, including a petroleum product known as #1 oil (kerosene), #2 
oil (heating oil), #4 oil, bio fuel or any bio fuel blended with 
conventionally refined fossil fuel commodities, that (A) is 
predominantly liquid at ambient temperatures, [that is] (B) is sold as a 
commodity, [and] (C) is a primary source of residential heating or 
domestic hot water, [including products known as #2 oil (heating oil), 
#1 oil (kerosene), #4 oil, bio fuels, or any bio fuel blended with 
conventionally refined fossil fuel commodities] and [that] (D) meets the 
requirements of the American Society for Testing and Materials 
Standard D396, as amended from time to time; 
(12) "Maintain" means retention of the balance, measured in gallons 
or other accepted units of measure, of heating fuel that remains to be 
delivered to consumers who are party to a guaranteed price plan 
contract; 
(13) "Physical supply contract" means an agreement for wet barrels 
or gallons of heating fuel that [has been] is secured by a heating fuel 
dealer; 
(14) "Prepaid guaranteed price plan", also known as "buy ahead", 
"prebuy", "prebought" or other similar terminology, when used to 
describe a contract, means a type of contract offering heating fuel at a 
guaranteed price, paid for in advance of delivery, but does not include 
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(15) "Propane" or "liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)" means a petroleum 
product that (A) meets [ASTM] American Society for Testing and 
Materials specification D1835, as amended from time to time, [and] (B) 
is composed predominantly of [any of the following hydrocarbons or 
mixtures thereof: Propane, propylene,] butanes (normal butane or 
isobutane), [and] butylenes, propane, propylene or any mixture thereof, 
and (C) is intended for use, among other things, as a fuel for residential 
heating; and 
(16) "Surety bond" means a bond, issued by a licensed insurance 
company or banking institution, as surety for a dealer and obligating 
[the] surety to the commissioner, in a sum certain, in guaranty of the 
dealer's full and faithful performance [by the dealer] of prepaid 
guaranteed price plan contracts entered into pursuant to this chapter. 
Sec. 41. Section 16a-23o of the general statutes is repealed and the 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 
Any person, firm or corporation required to register as a [home 
heating oil or propane gas] heating fuel dealer pursuant to section 16a-
23m, as amended by this act, that offers plumbing or heating work 
service shall submit evidence, deemed satisfactory by the Commissioner 
of Consumer Protection, when registering, that such person, firm or 
corporation subcontracts with or employs only persons licensed or 
registered pursuant to chapter 393 to perform such work. Such person, 
firm or corporation shall attest, when applying for registration as a 
heating fuel dealer pursuant to section 16a-23m, as amended by this act, 
that all plumbing or heating work service shall be performed in 
accordance with the provisions of chapter 393. Anyone registered under 
this section who offers such plumbing or heating services shall display 
the state license number of the subcontractor or employee performing 
such work for the registrant on all commercial vehicles used in their 
business and shall display such number in a conspicuous manner on all 
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stationery used in the business. 
Sec. 42. Section 20-334d of the general statutes is repealed and the 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 
(a) As used in this section: 
(1) "Accredited continuing professional education" means any 
education of an electrician or plumber that is (A) designed to maintain 
professional competence in the [pursuit,] practice, pursuit and 
standards of electrical work or plumbing and piping work, [and that is] 
(B) approved by the commissioner, and [is] (C) provided (i) by an 
agency, institution or organization [, institution or agency that is] that 
has been approved by the commissioner, and (ii) in-person or through 
an online technology platform that includes real-time video with audio, 
requires participants to periodically confirm their active engagement 
during the educational training session and enables participants to 
interact with instructors in real time during the entire educational 
training session; 
(2) "Certificate of continuing education" means a document [issued to 
an electrician or plumber by an organization, institution or agency] that 
(A) an agency, institution or organization that has been approved by the 
commissioner [that] and offers accredited continuing professional 
education [, which (A)] issues to an electrician or plumber, (B) certifies 
that an electrician or plumber has satisfactorily completed a specified 
number of continuing education hours, and [(B)] (C) bears the (i) name 
of such agency, institution or organization, [institution or agency, the] 
(ii) title of the program, [the] (iii) dates during which the program was 
conducted, [the] (iv) number of continuing education hours 
satisfactorily completed, and [the] (v) signature of the director of such 
[organization, institution or agency or the signature of the] agency, 
institution or organization or of such director's authorized agent; and  Substitute House Bill No. 5330 
 
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(3) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Consumer 
Protection. 
(b) The commissioner, with the advice and assistance of the Electrical 
Work Board established pursuant to subsection (b) of section 20-331, 
shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to: (1) [establish] 
Establish additional requirements for accredited continuing 
professional education for electricians licensed pursuant to sections 20-
330 to 20-341, inclusive; (2) establish qualifying criteria for accredited 
continuing professional education programs and establish qualifying 
criteria for acceptable certificates of continuing education; and (3) 
provide for the waiver of required accredited continuing professional 
education for electricians for good cause. Such regulations shall require 
not less than four hours per year of accredited continuing professional 
education for such electricians, except upon request of the Electrical 
Work Board, the commissioner may increase such hours to a maximum 
of seven hours. 
(c) The commissioner, with the advice and assistance of the Plumbing 
and Piping Work Board established pursuant to subsection (d) of section 
20-331, shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to: (1) 
[establish] Establish additional requirements for accredited continuing 
professional education for plumbers licensed pursuant to sections 20-
330 to 20-341, inclusive, which regulations shall require not more than a 
total of seven hours of accredited continuing professional education 
every two years, except in the event of significant changes to the 
building code, as approved by the International Code Council, that 
relate to plumbing, the commissioner, at such commissioner's 
discretion, may require more than a total of seven hours of accredited 
continuing professional education every two years; (2) establish 
qualifying criteria for accredited continuing professional education 
programs and establish qualifying criteria for acceptable certificates of 
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accredited continuing professional education for plumbers for good 
cause. 
(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (c) of this section, 
any person who has been issued a P-6, P-7, W-8 or W-9 license pursuant 
to section 20-334a and the regulations of Connecticut state agencies shall 
not be required to meet the continuing education requirements 
established pursuant to subsection (c) of this section. 
(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) to (d), inclusive, 
of this section, all accredited continuing professional education offered 
under the provisions of this section shall: (1) Limit class size to (A) fifty 
attendees if such accredited continuing professional education is offered 
in-person, or (B) twenty-five attendees if such accredited continuing 
professional education is offered through an online technology 
platform; (2) not be offered or held at the place of business of a licensed 
plumbing contractor if such accredited continuing professional 
education is for plumbers and offered in-person; and (3) not be offered 
or held at the place of business of a licensed electrical contractor if such 
accredited continuing professional education is for electricians and 
offered in-person. A provider of an accredited continuing professional 
education course shall retain an audio-visual recording of such course 
for a period of not less than thirty days after completion of such course. 
Recordings shall be made available to the department upon the 
department's request for such recordings. 
Sec. 43. Section 20-500 of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes 
is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 
passage): 
As used in this section and sections [20-500] 20-501 to 20-529e, 
inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires: 
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with the USPAP, an opinion of the value of real property. [, in 
conformance with the USPAP.] 
(2) "Appraisal Foundation" means the not-for-profit corporation 
referred to in Section 1121 of Title XI of FIRREA. 
(3) "Appraisal management company" means a ny person, 
[partnership,] association, corporation, limited liability company or 
[corporation] partnership that performs appraisal management 
services, [. "Appraisal management company"] but does not include: 
(A) An appraiser that enters into [a] an oral or written [or oral] 
agreement with another appraiser for the performance of an appraisal, 
which is signed by both appraisers upon completion; 
(B) An appraisal management company that is a subsidiary owned 
and controlled by a financial institution regulated by a federal financial 
institution regulatory agency; [. For the purposes of this subdivision, 
"financial institution" means a bank, as defined in section 36a-2, an out-
of-state bank, as defined in section 36a-2, an institutional lender, any 
subsidiary or affiliate of such bank, out-of-state bank or institutional 
lender, or other lender licensed by the Department of Banking;] 
(C) A department or [unit of a financial institution subject to 
regulation by an agency or department of the United States government 
or an agency of this state that only receives appraisal requests from an 
employee of such financial institution] division of an entity that 
provides appraisal management services exclusively to such entity; or 
(D) Any local, state or federal agency or department thereof. 
(4) "Appraisal management services" means: [any of the following:] 
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panel, including, but not limited to, the negotiation of fees to be paid to, 
and services to be provided by, [such] the certified appraisers for their 
participation on [such] the appraiser panel; or 
(C) The receipt of an appraisal request or order, or an appraisal 
review request or order, and the delivery of such request or order to an 
appraiser panel. 
(5) "Appraiser panel" means a network of appraisers who are certified 
in accordance with the requirements established by the commission by 
regulation, [who] are independent contractors of an appraisal 
management company and [who] have: 
(A) Responded to an invitation, request or solicitation from an 
appraisal management company to perform appraisals (i) requested or 
ordered through [such] the appraisal management company, or (ii) 
directly for [such] the appraisal management company on a periodic 
basis as assigned by [the] such appraisal management company; and 
(B) Been selected and approved by [such] the appraisal management 
company. 
(6) "Bank" has the same meaning as provided in section 36a-2. 
[(6)] (7) "Certified appraiser" means a person who has satisfied the 
minimum requirements for a category of certification established by the 
commission by regulation. Such minimum requirements shall be 
consistent with guidelines established by the Appraisal Qualification 
Board of the Appraisal Foundation. The categories of certification shall 
include [, but may be modified by the commission thereafter,] one 
category denoted as "certified residential appraiser" and another 
denoted as "certified general appraiser". The commission may modify 
such categories of certification. 
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Commission appointed under the provisions of section 20-502. 
[(8)] (9) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Consumer 
Protection. 
[(9)] (10) "Compliance manager" means a person who holds an 
appraiser certification in at least one state and [who] is responsible for 
overseeing the implementation of, and compliance with, procedures for 
an appraisal management company to: 
(A) Verify that a person being added to the appraiser panel of the 
appraisal management company holds a license in good standing in 
accordance with section 20-509; 
(B) Maintain detailed records of each appraisal request or order the 
appraisal management company receives and of the appraiser who 
performs such appraisal; and 
(C) Review on a periodic basis the work of all appraisers performing 
appraisals for the appraisal management company to ensure that such 
appraisals are being conducted in accordance with the USPAP. 
[(10)] (11) "Controlling person" means a person who has not had an 
appraiser license, [or a] similar license or appraiser certificate denied, 
refused [to be renewed] renewal, suspended or revoked in any state 
and: [who:] 
(A) Is [an owner, officer or director of a partnership,] a director, 
officer or owner of an association, corporation, limited liability company 
or [corporation] partnership offering or seeking to offer appraisal 
management services in this state; 
(B) Is employed by an appraisal management company and has the 
authority to enter into agreements or contracts [or agreements] for the 
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appointed or authorized by such appraisal management company to 
enter into such agreements or contracts; [or agreements;] or 
(C) May exercise authority over, or direct the management or policies 
of, an appraisal management company. 
[(11)] (12) "Engaging in the real estate appraisal business" means the 
act or process of estimating the value of real estate for a fee or other 
valuable consideration. 
(13) "Financial institution" means a bank, out-of-state bank or 
institutional lender, an affiliate or subsidiary of a bank, out-of-state bank 
or institutional lender or another lender licensed by the Department of 
Banking. 
[(12)] (14) "FIRREA" means the Financial Institutions, Reform, 
Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989, P.L. 101-73, 103 Stat. 183. 
(15) "Out-of-state bank" has the same meaning as provided in section 
36a-2. 
[(13)] (16) "Person" means an individual. 
[(14)] (17) "Provisional appraiser" means a person engaged in the 
business of estimating the value of real estate for a fee or other valuable 
consideration under the supervision of a certified real estate appraiser 
and who meets the minimum requirements, if any, established by the 
commission by regulation for provisional appraiser status. 
[(15)] (18) "Provisional license" means a license issued to a provisional 
appraiser. 
[(16)] (19) "Real estate appraiser" or "appraiser" means a person 
engaged in the business of estimating the value of real estate for a fee or 
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[(17)] (20) "USPAP" means the Uniform Standards of Professional 
Appraisal Practice issued by the Appraisal Standards Board of the 
Appraisal Foundation pursuant to Title XI of FIRREA. 
Sec. 44. Section 20-670 of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes 
is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 
passage): 
As used in sections 20-670 to [20-680] 20-681, inclusive, as amended 
by this act, and section 45 of this act: 
(1) "Certificate" means a certificate of registration issued under 
section 20-672. 
(2) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Consumer 
Protection or any person designated by the commissioner to administer 
and enforce the provisions of sections 20-670 to [20-680] 20-681, 
inclusive, as amended by this act, and section 45 of this act. 
(3) "Companion services" means nonmedical, basic supervision 
services to ensure the safety and well-being [and safety] of a person in 
[such] the person's home. 
[(4) "Employee" means any person employed by, or who enters into 
a contract to perform services for, a homemaker-companion agency, 
including, but not limited to, temporary employees, pool employees 
and persons treated by such agency as independent contractors.] 
(4) "Covenant not to compete" means any agreement or contract that 
restricts the right of an individual to provide companion services, home 
health services or homemaker services (A) in any geographic area of the 
state for any period of time, or (B) to a specific individual. 
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companion agency, that includes [:] (A) [A] a review of any application 
materials prepared or requested by the homemaker-companion agency 
and completed by the prospective employee, [;] (B) an in-person or 
video-conference interview of the prospective employee, [;] (C) 
verification of the prospective employee's Social Security number, [;] (D) 
if the [position] prospective employee has applied for a position within 
the homemaker-companion agency that requires licensure on the part 
of [the] such prospective employee, verification that the required license 
is in good standing, [;] (E) a check of the registry established and 
maintained pursuant to section 54-257, [;] (F) a local and national 
criminal background check of criminal matters of public record based 
on the prospective employee's name and date of birth that includes a 
search of a multistate and multijurisdiction criminal record locator or 
other similar commercial nationwide database with validation, and a 
search of the United States Department of Justice National Sex Offender 
Public Website, conducted by a third-party consumer reporting agency 
or background screening company that is accredited by the Professional 
Background Screening Association and in compliance with the federal 
Fair Credit Reporting Act, [;] (G) if the prospective employee has resided 
in this state for less than three years prior to the date of [the] such 
prospective employee's application with the homemaker-companion 
agency, a review of criminal conviction information from the state or 
states where such prospective employee resided during such three-year 
period, [;] and (H) a review of any other information that the 
homemaker-companion agency deems necessary in order to evaluate 
the suitability of the prospective employee for the position. 
[(6) "Homemaker services" means nonmedical, supportive services 
that ensure a safe and healthy environment for a person in such person's 
home, such services to include assistance with personal hygiene, 
cooking, household cleaning, laundry and other household chores.] 
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contract to perform services for, a homemaker-companion agency, 
including, but not limited to, pool employees, temporary employees 
and persons the homemaker-companion agency treats as independent 
contractors. 
(7) (A) "Homemaker-companion agency" means [(A)] any (i) public 
or private organization that employs one or more persons and is 
engaged in the business of providing companion services or 
homemaker services, or [(B) any] (ii) registry. 
(B) "Homemaker-companion agency" [shall] does not include (i) a 
home health care agency, as defined in subsection (d) of section 19a-490, 
or (ii) a home health aide agency, as defined in subsection (e) of section 
19a-490. 
(8) "Homemaker services" means nonmedical and supportive 
services, including assistance with cooking, household cleaning, 
laundry, personal hygiene and other household chores, that ensure a 
healthy and safe environment for a person in the person's home. 
(9) "Immediate family member" means a child by adoption, blood or 
marriage or a grandchild, grandparent, parent, sibling or spouse. 
[(8)] (10) "Registry" means any person or entity engaged in the 
business of supplying or referring an individual to, or placing an 
individual with, a consumer for the purpose of enabling the individual 
to provide to the consumer companion services or homemaker [or 
companion services provided by such individual, when the] services, 
provided such individual [providing such services is either] is (A) 
directly compensated, in whole or in part, by the consumer, or (B) 
[treated, referred to or] considered, referred to or treated by such person 
or entity as an independent contractor. 
[(9)] (11) "Service plan" means a written document, provided by a 
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services or homemaker services provided by such agency, that specifies 
the anticipated [scope, type, frequency and duration of homemaker or] 
duration, frequency, scope and type of the companion services or 
homemaker services that are to be provided by such agency for the 
benefit of [the] such person. 
Sec. 45. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) No person, other than an 
immediate family member, who is an agent, corporate officer or 
employee of a homemaker-companion agency, or has an ownership 
interest in a homemaker-companion agency, shall act as an agent under 
a power of attorney for any person who has contracted with the 
homemaker-companion agency to receive companion services or 
homemaker services. 
(b) A person receiving companion services or homemaker services 
may petition the Commissioner of Consumer Protection for an 
exemption from subsection (a) of this section, and the commissioner 
may grant such exemption for good cause shown. 
Sec. 46. Section 20-338d of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes 
is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 
passage): 
(a) For the purposes of this section, "owner" and "private residence" 
have the same meanings as provided in section 20-419. 
[(a)] (b) No written contract to perform work on a private residence 
[, as defined in section 20-419,] by a contractor licensed pursuant to this 
chapter or any person who owns or controls a business engaged to 
provide the work or services licensed under the provisions of this 
chapter by persons licensed for such work, shall be valid or enforceable 
against an owner [, as defined in section 20-419,] unless [it: (1) Is in 
writing; (2) is] such contract: (1) Is signed by the owner and the 
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the owner and the contractor or business; [(4)] (3) contains the date of 
the transaction; [(5)] (4) contains the name and address of the contractor 
and the contractor's license number or, in the case of a business, the 
name of the business owner, partner or limited liability member and the 
phone number and address of the business, partnership or limited 
liability company; [(6)] (5) contains the name and license number of any 
licensees performing the work, provided the name and the license 
number of a licensee may be amended in writing during the term of the 
contract; [(7)] (6) contains a notice [of] disclosing the owner's 
cancellation rights in accordance with the provisions of chapter 740 and 
subject to the exception set forth in subsection (c) of this section; and 
[(8)] (7) contains a starting date and completion date. 
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 740, no owner shall 
cancel a written contract that is subject to the provisions of subsection 
(b) of this section if: (1) Such contract was executed for the purpose of 
making emergency or immediate repairs that were necessary to protect 
persons, personal property or real property; and (2) prior to executing 
such contract, the owner provided to the contractor or business owner a 
written statement, dated and signed by the owner, describing the 
situation requiring such emergency or immediate repairs and expressly 
acknowledging that the owner waives the right to cancel such contract 
in accordance with the provisions of chapter 740. 
(d) Each contractor or business owner that enters into a written 
contract that is subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section 
shall deliver and provide to each owner who is a party to such contract, 
free of charge, a copy of such contract at the time such contract is 
executed. If such contract is amended, such contractor or business 
owner shall provide to each owner who is a party to such contract, free 
of charge, a copy of such amendment at the time such contract is 
amended. 
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[specified in] that is subject to the provisions of subsection [(a)] (b) of 
this section shall be in writing and shall be signed by the owner and 
contractor or business, except that the commissioner may, by 
regulations adopted pursuant to chapter 54, dispense with the necessity 
for complying with such requirement. 
Sec. 47. Section 20-681 of the general statutes is repealed and the 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 
[For purposes of this section "covenant not to compete" means any 
contract or agreement that restricts the right of an individual to provide 
homemaker, companion or home health services (1) in any geographic 
area of the state for any period of time, or (2) to a specific individual.] 
Any covenant not to compete is against public policy and shall be void 
and unenforceable. 
Sec. 48. Subsection (c) of section 21a-10 of the 2022 supplement to the 
general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 
thereof (Effective from passage): 
(c) For any Department of Consumer Protection license, certificate, 
registration or permit that requires the holder to complete continuing 
education requirements, the continuing education requirements shall be 
completed within the annual or biannual period that begins and ends 
three months prior to the renewal date for the applicable license, 
certificate, registration or permit, except for licenses issued pursuant to 
[chapter] chapters 389 and 400j. 
Sec. 49. Section 21a-151 of the general statutes is repealed and the 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 
For the purposes of this section and sections 21a-152 to [21a-160] 21a-
159, inclusive, as amended by this act: 
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limited to, a hotel, private institution, restaurant, establishment 
operating doughnut-frying equipment or other similar place, where 
bread, cakes, cookies, crackers, crullers, doughnuts, [crullers] macaroni, 
pies, [cookies, crackers,] spaghetti [, macaroni] or other food products, 
including, but not limited to, canned or frozen baked goods, are made, 
either wholly or in part of flour or meal, [including frozen or canned 
baked goods. "Bakery" includes, but is not limited to, any restaurant, 
hotel, private institution, establishment operating doughnut-frying 
equipment or other similar place that offers such food products] or 
offered for sale. 
(2) "Food manufacturing establishment" means a building or part of 
a building where food is [prepared] canned, cooked, cut, dehydrated, 
frozen, milled or repacked for sale to other establishments for human 
consumption. [For purposes of this subdivision, "prepared" means a 
process of canning, cooking, freezing, dehydrating, milling, repacking 
or cutting.] Premises that are used solely for the retail sale or storage of 
prepackaged food, and facilities, as described in sections 21a-24a and 
22-6r and chapters 417, 419a, 422, 423, 430, 431 and 491, shall not be 
considered food manufacturing establishments. 
(3) "Food warehouse" means a building or part of a building where 
food is stored for wholesale distribution, provided such building or part 
of such building is used primarily for the importation, storage or 
distribution of packaged food and not for other activities for which a 
license is required pursuant to section 21a-152, as amended by this act. 
Premises licensed pursuant to [said] section 21a-152, as amended by this 
act, and facilities, as described in sections 21a-24a and 22-6r and chapters 
417, 419a, 422, 423, 430, 431 and 491, shall not be considered food 
warehouses. 
(4) "Packaged food" means standard or random weight or volume 
packages of food commodities that are enclosed in a container or 
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the food commodities cannot be added to or subtracted from the 
package or wrapping without breaking or tearing the wrapping, 
container or seals on the wrapping or container. 
Sec. 50. Section 21a-152 of the general statutes is repealed and the 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 
(a) Each bakery, [food warehouse and] food manufacturing 
establishment and food warehouse shall be designed, constructed and 
operated as the Commissioner of Consumer Protection directs pursuant 
to sections 21a-151 to [21a-160] 21a-159, inclusive, as amended by this 
act, and chapter 418. [The provisions of this subsection requiring the 
commissioner to direct the design and construction of a food warehouse 
shall not be required for a food warehouse that was registered in good 
standing pursuant to section 21a-160 prior to October 1, 2019, provided 
the warehouse is in good repair so that stored food is properly protected 
and the premises is free of pests.] Each bakery, food manufacturing 
establishment and food warehouse [and food manufacturing 
establishment] remains subject to the provisions of chapter 418. 
(b) No [person, firm or] corporation, firm or person shall operate a 
bakery, food manufacturing establishment or food warehouse [or food 
manufacturing establishment] with the intent of producing or storing 
products for human consumption without having first obtained from 
[said commissioner] the Commissioner of Consumer Protection a 
license. [Application] Applications for such license shall be made on 
forms, furnished by the commissioner, showing the name and address 
of such bakery, food manufacturing establishment or food warehouse. 
[or food manufacturing establishment.] Bakeries shall show the number 
of persons engaged in the production of bread and pastry products, 
excluding [porters,] dishwashers, drivers, porters, sales personnel and 
other employees not directly engaged in such production. The 
commissioner shall cause an inspection to be [made] conducted of the 
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satisfactory, issue such license. [shall be issued.] No corporation, firm or 
person [, firm or corporation] operating a bakery, food manufacturing 
establishment or food warehouse, or any agent, employee or servant [or 
employee] thereof, shall refuse, hinder or otherwise interfere with the 
commissioner's, or the commissioner's authorized representative's, 
access [by the commissioner or his authorized representative] to the 
bakery, food manufacturing establishment or food warehouse for the 
purpose of conducting an inspection. No corporation, firm or person [, 
firm or corporation] shall: (1) [sell] Sell or distribute bread, cakes, 
cookies, crackers, crullers, doughnuts, [crullers] macaroni, pies, 
[cookies, crackers,] spaghetti [, macaroni] or other food products, 
including frozen or canned baked goods, made in whole or in part of 
flour or meal, produced in any bakery located within or beyond the 
boundaries of this state; [,] (2) sell or distribute food produced in a food 
manufacturing establishment located within the boundaries of this 
state; [,] or (3) store any food for wholesale distribution in a food 
warehouse, unless such bakery, food manufacturing establishment or 
food warehouse [or food manufacturing establishment] has obtained a 
license from [said] the commissioner. Facilities licensed pursuant to 
chapter 417 as food vendors and frozen dessert vendors, and all facilities 
licensed pursuant to chapters 419a and 430, shall be exempt from such 
licensing requirement. The commissioner may promulgate regulations 
excepting out-of-state manufacturers of products [,] commonly known 
as brown bread, cookies, crackers [, brown bread] or plum puddings in 
hermetically sealed containers and other similar products [,] from the 
license provisions of this section. Such license shall be valid for one year 
and a fee [therefor] for such license shall be collected as follows: From a 
[person, firm or] corporation, firm or person owning or conducting a 
bakery in which there are not more than four persons [or fewer] engaged 
in the production of bread and pastry products, twenty dollars; in which 
there are [not fewer than] at least five [nor] but not more than nine 
persons so engaged, forty dollars; in which there are [not fewer than] at 
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hundred dollars; in which there are [not fewer than] at least twenty-five 
[nor] but not more than ninety-nine persons so engaged, two hundred 
dollars; in which there are [more than] at least one hundred persons so 
engaged, two hundred fifty dollars. The fee for a food [manufacturer] 
manufacturing establishment or food warehouse license shall be twenty 
dollars annually. [No prior inspection by the commissioner shall be 
necessary for a food warehouse registered under section 21a-160 prior 
to October 1, 2019, which is required to transfer its registration to a new 
license under the provisions of this subsection.] 
(c) [A] The Commissioner of Consumer Protection may revoke a 
bakery, food manufacturing establishment or food warehouse [or food 
manufacturer license may be revoked by said commissioner] license for 
any violation of sections 21a-151 to [21a-160] 21a-159, inclusive, as 
amended by this act, after a hearing conducted in accordance with 
chapter 54. In addition, the commissioner may summarily suspend a 
bakery, [or food manufacturer] food manufacturing establishment or 
food warehouse license [may be summarily suspended] pending a 
hearing if [said] the commissioner has reason to believe that the public 
health, safety or welfare imperatively requires emergency action. 
[Within] Not later than ten days following the suspension order, [said] 
the commissioner shall cause to be held a hearing which shall be 
conducted in accordance with the provisions of [said] chapter 54. 
Following [said] such hearing, [said] the commissioner shall dissolve 
such suspension or order revocation of the bakery, food manufacturing 
establishment or food warehouse [or food manufacturer] license. Any 
[person, firm or] corporation, firm or person whose license has been 
revoked may [make application] apply for a new license and [said] the 
commissioner shall act on such application [within] not later than thirty 
days [of receipt] after the commissioner receives such application. The 
costs of any inspections necessary to determine whether or not an 
applicant, whose license has been revoked, is entitled to have a new 
license granted shall be borne by the applicant at such rates as the  Substitute House Bill No. 5330 
 
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commissioner may determine. [Said] The commissioner may refuse to 
grant any bakery, food manufacturing establishment or food warehouse 
[or food manufacturer] a license if [he or she] the commissioner finds 
that the applicant has evidenced a pattern of noncompliance with the 
provisions of sections 21a-151 to [21a-160] 21a-159, inclusive, as 
amended by this act. Prima facie evidence of a pattern of noncompliance 
shall be established if [said] the commissioner shows that the applicant 
has had two or more bakery, food manufacturing establishment or food 
warehouse [or food manufacturer] licenses revoked. 
(d) All vehicles used in the transportation of bakery, food 
manufacturing establishment or food warehouse products shall be kept 
in a sanitary condition and shall have the name and address of the 
bakery, food manufacturing establishment or food warehouse owner, 
operator or distributor legibly printed on both sides. Each compartment 
in which unwrapped bakery, food manufacturing establishment or food 
warehouse products are transported shall be enclosed in a manner 
approved by the commissioner. 
(e) The provisions of this section shall not prevent local health 
authorities from enforcing orders or regulations concerning the sanitary 
condition of retail bakeries. 
(f) Any person who desires to obtain a license under the provisions 
of sections 21a-151 to [21a-160] 21a-159, inclusive, as amended by this 
act, shall first obtain and present to the [commissioner] Commissioner 
of Consumer Protection a certificate of approval of the location for 
which such license is desired. The certificate of approval shall be 
obtained from the zoning commission, planning and zoning 
commission or local authority of the town, city or borough in which the 
facility is located or is proposed to be located. [A] No certificate of 
approval shall [not] be required [in the case of the transfer of the last 
issued license from one person to another or in the case of a renewal of 
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use conforms to existing zoning requirements, for a license renewal by 
the license holder or for a transfer by the license holder to another 
person of the license most recently issued to such license holder. The 
commissioner shall not issue any license under the provisions of 
sections 21a-151 to [21a-160] 21a-159, inclusive, as amended by this act, 
for which a certificate of approval is required until such certificate of 
approval is obtained by the license applicant. [The provisions of this 
subsection requiring a certificate of approval from the zoning 
commission or other local authority shall not apply to any food 
warehouse that was registered in good standing pursuant to section 21a-
160 prior to October 1, 2019.] 
Sec. 51. Section 21a-156 of the general statutes is repealed and the 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 
The commissioner shall, from time to time, after inquiry and public 
hearing, adopt and promulgate regulations to supplement and give full 
effect to the provisions of sections 21a-151 to [21a-160] 21a-159, 
inclusive, as amended by this act. Such regulations, among other things, 
may establish sanitary requirements pertaining to the manufacture and 
distribution of bread and pastry products. Such regulations may also 
cover provisions restricting the sale of dangerous, harmful and 
unwholesome bread and pastry products, the labeling of bread and 
pastry products, the inspection of bakeries, food manufacturing 
establishments and food warehouses and the establishment of costs for 
special inspections. The commissioner shall annually review the 
amounts of bakery, food manufacturing establishment and food 
warehouse license fees referred to in subsection (b) of section 21a-152, 
as amended by this act, and shall increase such fees in order to reflect 
the costs to the department of carrying out the provisions of sections 
21a-151 to [21a-160] 21a-159, inclusive, as amended by this act. 
Sec. 52. Section 21a-159 of the general statutes is repealed and the 
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(a) Any person who violates any provision of sections 21a-151 to [21a-
160] 21a-159, inclusive, as amended by this act, or any regulation made 
thereunder, or fails to comply with an order of the Commissioner of 
Consumer Protection, shall: (1) [for] For a first offense, be fined not more 
than two hundred fifty dollars; [,] and (2) for [any] each subsequent 
offense, be guilty of a class D misdemeanor. 
(b) The [commissioner] Commissioner of Consumer Protection may 
apply to the Superior Court for, and such court may [,] upon hearing 
and for cause shown [,] grant, a temporary or permanent injunction 
enjoining any person from operating a bakery, food manufacturing 
establishment or food warehouse [or food manufacturing 
establishment] without a license issued in accordance with sections 21a-
151 to [21a-160] 21a-159, inclusive, as amended by this act, irrespective 
of whether or not there exists an adequate remedy at law. The 
commissioner also may apply to the Superior Court for, and such court 
shall have jurisdiction to grant, a temporary restraining order pending 
a hearing. Such application for injunctive or other appropriate relief 
shall be brought by the Attorney General. 
(c) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection, after providing notice 
and conducting a hearing in accordance with the provisions of chapter 
54, may issue a warning citation to, or impose a civil penalty of not more 
than one hundred dollars for the first offense and not more than five 
hundred dollars for each subsequent offense on, any person who 
violates any provision of sections 21a-151 to [21a-160] 21a-159, inclusive, 
as amended by this act, or any regulation adopted pursuant to section 
21a-156, as amended by this act. 
Sec. 53. Subsection (a) of section 22-54u of the general statutes is 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 
passage): 
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syrup produced in this state shall not be subject to the provisions of 
sections 21a-91 to 21a-120, inclusive, and sections 21a-151 to [21a-160] 
21a-159, inclusive, as amended by this act, and shall be under the 
licensing, inspection and enforcement authority of the Commissioner of 
Agriculture and the commissioner's authorized agents. 
Sec. 54. Section 21a-421bb of the 2022 supplement to the general 
statutes, as amended by section 9 of public act 22-103, is repealed and 
the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 
(a) No person other than the holder of a cannabis establishment 
license issued by this state shall advertise any cannabis or services 
related to cannabis in this state. 
(b) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, cannabis 
establishments shall not: 
(1) Advertise, including, but not limited to, through a business name 
or logo, cannabis, cannabis paraphernalia or goods or services related to 
cannabis: 
(A) In ways that target or are designed to appeal to individuals under 
twenty-one years of age, including, but not limited to, spokespersons or 
celebrities who appeal to individuals under the legal age to purchase 
cannabis or cannabis products, depictions of a person under twenty-five 
years of age consuming cannabis, or, the inclusion of objects, such as 
toys, characters or cartoon characters, suggesting the presence of a 
person under twenty-one years of age, or any other depiction designed 
in any manner to be appealing to a person under twenty-one years of 
age; or 
(B) By using any image, or any other visual representation, of the 
cannabis plant or any part of the cannabis plant, including, but not 
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(2) Engage in any advertising by means of any form of billboard 
within one thousand five hundred feet of an elementary or secondary 
school ground or a house of worship, recreation center or facility, child 
care center, playground, public park or library, or engage in any 
advertising by means of an electronic or illuminated billboard between 
the hours of six o'clock a.m. and eleven o'clock p.m.; 
(3) Engage in advertising by means of any television, radio, Internet, 
mobile application, social media or other electronic communication, 
billboard or other outdoor signage, or print publication unless the 
cannabis establishment has reliable evidence that at least ninety per cent 
of the audience for the advertisement is reasonably expected to be 
twenty-one years of age or older; 
(4) Engage in advertising or marketing directed toward location-
based devices, including, but not limited to, cellular phones, unless the 
marketing is a mobile device application installed on the device by the 
owner of the device who is twenty-one years of age or older and 
includes a permanent and easy opt-out feature and warnings that the 
use of cannabis is restricted to persons twenty-one years of age or older; 
(5) Advertise cannabis or cannabis products in a manner claiming or 
implying, or permit any employee of the cannabis establishment to 
claim or imply, that such products have curative or therapeutic effects, 
or that any other medical claim is true, or allow any employee to 
promote cannabis for a wellness purpose unless such claims are 
substantiated as set forth in regulations adopted under chapter 420f or 
verbally conveyed by a licensed pharmacist or other licensed medical 
practitioner in the course of business in, or while representing, a hybrid 
retail or dispensary facility; 
(6) Sponsor charitable, sports, musical, artistic, cultural, social or 
other similar events or advertising at, or in connection with, such an 
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not more than ten per cent of the in-person audience at the event is 
reasonably expected to be under the legal age to purchase cannabis or 
cannabis products, and (B) not more than ten per cent of the audience 
that will watch, listen or participate in the event is expected to be under 
the legal age to purchase cannabis products; 
(7) Advertise cannabis, cannabis products or cannabis paraphernalia 
in any physical form visible to the public within [one thousand] five 
hundred feet of an elementary or secondary school ground or a [house 
of worship,] recreation center or facility, child care center, playground, 
public park or library; 
(8) Cultivate cannabis or manufacture cannabis products for 
distribution outside of this state in violation of federal law, advertise in 
any way that encourages the transportation of cannabis across state lines 
or otherwise encourages illegal activity; 
(9) Except for dispensary facilities and hybrid retailers, exhibit within 
or upon the outside of the facility used in the operation of a cannabis 
establishment, or include in any advertisement, the word "dispensary" 
or any variation of such term or any other words, displays or symbols 
indicating that such store, shop or place of business is a dispensary; 
(10) Exhibit within or upon the outside of the premises subject to the 
cannabis establishment license, or include in any advertisement the 
words "drug store", "pharmacy", "apothecary", "drug", "drugs" or 
"medicine shop" or any combination of such terms or any other words, 
displays or symbols indicating that such store, shop or place of business 
is a pharmacy; 
(11) Advertise on or in public or private vehicles or at bus stops, taxi 
stands, transportation waiting areas, train stations, airports or other 
similar transportation venues including, but not limited to, vinyl-
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owned by a cannabis establishment; 
(12) Display cannabis, cannabis products or any image, or any other 
visual representation, of the cannabis plant or any part of the cannabis 
plant, including, but not limited to, the leaf of the cannabis plant, so as 
to be clearly visible to a person from the exterior of the facility used in 
the operation of a cannabis establishment, or display signs or other 
printed material advertising any brand or any kind of cannabis or 
cannabis product, or including any image, or any other visual 
representation, of the cannabis plant or any part of the cannabis plant, 
including, but not limited to, the leaf of the cannabis plant, on the 
exterior of any facility used in the operation of a cannabis establishment; 
(13) Utilize radio or loudspeaker, in a vehicle or in or outside of a 
facility used in the operation of a cannabis establishment, for the 
purposes of advertising the sale of cannabis or cannabis products; or 
(14) Operate any web site advertising or depicting cannabis, cannabis 
products or cannabis paraphernalia unless such web site verifies that 
the entrants or users are twenty-one years of age or older. 
(c) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, any 
advertisements from a cannabis establishment shall contain the 
following warning: "Do not use cannabis if you are under twenty-one 
years of age. Keep cannabis out of the reach of children." In a print or 
visual medium, such warning shall be conspicuous, easily legible and 
shall take up not less than ten per cent of the advertisement space. In an 
audio medium, such warning shall be at the same speed as the rest of 
the advertisement and be easily intelligible. 
(d) Any outdoor signage, including, but not limited to, any 
monument sign, pylon sign or wayfinding sign, shall be deemed to 
satisfy the audience requirement established in subdivision (3) of 
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warning required under subsection (c) of this section, if such outdoor 
signage: 
(1) Contains only the name and logo of the cannabis establishment; 
(2) Does not include any image, or any other visual representation, of 
the cannabis plant or any part of the cannabis plant, including, but not 
limited to, the leaf of the cannabis plant; 
(3) Is comprised of not more than three colors; and 
(4) Is located: 
(A) On the cannabis establishment's premises, regardless of whether 
such cannabis establishment leases or owns such premises; or 
(B) On any commercial property occupied by multiple tenants 
including such cannabis establishment. 
(e) The department shall not register, and may require revision of, 
any submitted or registered cannabis brand name that: 
(1) Is identical to, or confusingly similar to, the name of an existing 
non-cannabis product; 
(2) Is identical to, or confusingly similar to, the name of an unlawful 
product or substance;  
(3) Is confusingly similar to the name of a previously approved 
cannabis brand name; 
(4) Is obscene or indecent; and 
(5) Is customarily associated with persons under the age of twenty-
one. 
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this section shall be deemed to be an unfair or deceptive trade practice 
under subsection (a) of section 42-110b. 
Sec. 55. Section 21a-160 of the general statutes is repealed. (Effective 
from passage)